The BWA Bielska Gallery in Bielsko-Biała presents an exhibition of Antoni Starczewski's (1924-2000) works. The artist became famous for the audiovisual alphabet he created in 1963 which he considered an "artistic birth." The alphabet was composed of ceramic and wooden symbols, porcelain leaves and fruit, written and uttered vowels, the sounds of violin, newspaper columns, ordinary everyday objects and refuse. The artist has used the alphabet in numerous works-sculptures, prints and installations. The most significant characteristics of his work were rhythms created due to the elements used, homogeneity and salience of composition which were used to impose order on the world and retrieve it from chaos. These assumptions clearly reflect the influence of Starczewski's teacher, Władysław Strzemiński, who was one of the most outstanding representatives of the interwar vanguard.

The exhibition presenting Starczewski's paintings, sculptures, fabrics, prints and installations is open through the end of April.