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Best of 2018: Visual arts
by MICHAL BONCZA

THE PAINTINGS of Andrzej Wroblewski, who died tragically at the age of 29 in 1957 and who left work that was formally decades ahead of its time, got a welcome showing at Zwirner Gallery.

Ahead of its time: image from Andrzej Wroblewski's Executions

A committed communist, he engaged with the reality of post-war Poland in a manner that shocked the stifled art establishment and confounded the authorities.

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