Alga

The end of summer at Kwiaciarnia Grafiki in Warsaw is the perfect time to welcome a joint exhibition of works by Julie Legrand and Nina Iżycka, whose show perfectly aligns with the Kwiaciarnia's ethos of “kombozycja” (composition).

“We are Julie Legrand and Nina Iżycka, visual artists and illustrators. Strengthened by the bonds of friendship and the harmonious coexistence of our visual worlds, we combine our practices in joint zine projects. Our collaboration focuses mainly on illustration and printmaking primarily in silkscreen and riso techniques,” – the artists explain.

The exhibition Alga is a collective zine project. It's a search for a medium and a space where two visual voices can meet, and the result of a curiosity about what will emerge when they unite in a single publication. The Alga exhibition touches on botanical themes, which are close to the hearts of both artists. It explores the diversity of shapes, forms, and textures of plants. It is a dialogue between the artists, showcasing their different ways of perceiving reality, depicting the natural world, and approaching graphic solutions.

The exhibition will feature illustrations from the zine, silkscreen prints related to the publication, and the zine itself, which was printed with riso and silkscreen techniques. The opening of the exhibition will be accompanied by a live printing action.

Julie and Nina hope that viewing the fruits of their collaborative work will bring you as much pleasure as the work itself brought them, and that you will be able to immerse yourselves in an underwater world of marine forms, textures, and colors.

The exhibition will run until the end of September. Details can be found here.