A great event will take place at the Teatralne Museum January 7.

Four cultural institutions: Agencja Kontakt from Gdańsk, the Museum of Literature in Warsaw, the Teatralne Museum in Warsaw and the Museum in Drohobych in Ukraine, have prepared an exhibition of works by Polish artist Bruno Schulz.

The exhibition, titled Republika marzeń (The Republic of Dreams), shows Schulz's famous murals from Drohobych, which had been sought since the end of World War II and were discovered less than a year ago. The display also includes over 100 drawings and prints, and the only preserved painting by Schulz, Spotkanie (The Meeting). This is the largest presentation of works of this unusual artist since 1992, when an anniversary exhibition was held in the Museum of Literature in Warsaw.
Schulz was an excellent writer, draughtsman and painter, who has created around 300 prints and drawings, murals, one oil painting and only 700 pages of text. His other works have not been found yet, including the lost short story, Mesjasz (The Messiah). A collection of stories, notes and letters to friends-each line of text is invaluable.
It is impossible to separate Schulz's literary works from his drawings. These two worlds are merging into one dream, dreamed in a small town. This fantastic world was created by an extremely shy and sensitive man, filled with complexes and fears, a high school teacher of art in then-Polish Drohobycz.
The exhibition's creators have combined the artist's visions with his literary work. The drawings are accompanied by quotations from the Sklepy cynamonowe (Cinnamon Shops; or The Street of Crocodiles) and the second series of shorts stories, Sanatorium pod klepsydrą (Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass).

In order to identify the most important motifs, the collection has been divided into six pieces: Miasto (The Town), Wiosna (Spring), Mityzacja rzeczywistości (The Mythologizing of Reality), Xięga Bałwochwalcza (The Book of Idolatry), Odwieczna baśń (Eternal Fairy Tale) and Epilog (Epilogue). Such an arrangement of the exhibition allows for clear understanding of the works of this artist.
The display runs through Feb. 6 and then moves to Wrocław and Gdańsk. It can be seen at the Teatralne Museum, Wielki Theater/National Opera, 1 Teatralny Sq., between 10 a.m.-9 p.m. For more information, tel. 692-05-60.