Mr Rolke was interested in local and transient phenomena Courtesy of Tadeusz Rolke/Le Guern Gallery

Tadeusz Rolke:
Tomorrow Will Be Better
Galeria Le Guern
Until April 24
ul. Widok 8
Warsaw

This photography exhibition highlights Poland’s transformation period of the early 1990s – the first years after the end of communism. Focusing on the work of Polish photographer Tadeusz Rolke, it details the often difficult combination of pervading remnants of the old regime with a belief in new possibilities and an enthusiasm for change that emerge during this time in history.

Taken mostly between 1990 and 1992, the photographs include commissioned pieces as well as the artist’s own personal images, helping to document the changing nature of Polish society, which included rampant inflation and a growing disparity between rich and the poor.

Mr Rolke was particularly interested in local and transient phenomena rather than the increased commercialization of the era – unbridled advertising and the large variety of products were nothing new to him, since he lived in West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s.
The exhibition also includes other work from the artist’s long career.

David Ingham

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