The State Art Gallery in Sopot presents From Black Mountain College to Pop Art - a first-hand look at the evolution of avant-garde art practices in post-war USA. Taken from the collection at the Archiv der Avantgarden in Dresden, pictures, sculptures, installations, architectural sketches, photos, film and music and much more have been curated for the exhibition, providing important testimonials of innovative practices that were taking place across the Atlantic. Arranged in chronological order of trends and phenomena, artistic groups and their works, including Black Mountain College, Fluxus, pop art, minimal art, post-minimalism, conceptual art and the land art movement are presented as a sort of visual essay to give visitors an understanding of this evolution. The project is the result of cooperation between the State Art Gallery in Sopot and the State Art Collection in Dresden.
The artists featured in the exhibition are Josef Albers, Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Hazel Larsen Archer, Walter Darby Bannard, George Brecht, Bill Bollinger, John Cage, Peter Campus, Chuck Close, Jim Dine, Dan Flavin, Buckminster Fuller, Robert Grosvenor, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Alison Knowles, Willem de Kooning, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, George Maciunas, Charlotte Moorman, Robert Motherwell, Bruce Nauman, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Ad Reinhardt, Larry Rivers, Dorothea Rockburne, Carolee Schneemann, Paul Shartis, Robert Smithson, Frank Stella, Sun Ra, Richard Tuttle, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts and Lawrence Weiner.

This exhibition begins on May 14. Opening hours are between 4.00 pm and 7.00 pm.