The residents of Poznań now have the rare occasion to become familiar with Danish comics, which are less well known to Poles than comics from France, America or Japan.

Danish comics boast an almost 100-year tradition. Comic book artist Storm P. (1882-1949) is considered to be the vanguard of Danish comics. His satirical drawings have permanently entered the canon of Danish culture. The Renaissance of Danish comics took place in the 1980s and Ô90s. One of the lasting effects of that boom was the establishment of the Danish Comics Museum in Kalundborg in 1993, as well as the creation of a special foundation-at the initiative of the Danish Ministry of Culture-to support the work of artists with merit.

The exhibition being presented at the Zamek Culture Center in Poznań features the works of avant-garde Danish comic book artists, including Sussi Bech, Ingo Milton, Niels Roland, Peter Snejbjerg, Palle Schmidt and Olle Comoll Christensen.

The exhibition is a part of Danish Days, a project of the Danish Culture Institute in Poland and the Zamek Culture Center in Poznań. An exhibition entitled Unika is displaying the newest trends in Danish art, and will also be open to the public. This exhibition features the work of 50 Danish artists who use everyday items in their works, like glass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and dishware. A third Danish exhibition is a photography exhibition featuring the process of conservation work done by sculptors from Poznań in the reconstruction of the Danish "national treasure"-the 18th-century Nordmandsdalen garden, which surrounds the Fredensborg palace 60 kilometers from Copenhagen.

All of the exhibitions are open until Dec. 10 at the Zamek Culture Center in Poznan, 80/82 Św. Marcin St.