Meeting by the sculpture pt. 2
On 28 January come for a meeting with Andrzej Przywara by Composition 1966 (Object in space) by Edward Krasiński. “Object in space” belongs to a conventional group of early and large sculptures made with bent metal rods. These works were made in 1965-1966. Displayed at the exhibition, Composition, which was prepared for the Elbląg Biennale of Spatial Forms in 1965, can be included in the works of that period. Line is a common feature of Krasiński’s objects, which consist of rods, line, strips, wires, cables and, since 1968, a blue strap (fragments of sticky tape in that colour). In the exhibition catalogue of the artist in Krzysztofory (1965), Wiesław Borowski wrote that artistic sense of Krasiński’s objects was not in the formal game of curves, lines or planes, but in a special creation of energy fields. Andrzej Przywara’s lecture examines a number of different issues in the Composition.
Andrzej Przywara – studied in the Institute of Art History at the University of Warsaw (1988-1994), he worked in the Foksal Gallery (1988-2001). In 1997 he was a co-founder of Foksal Gallery Foundation and now he is its president. He has collaborated with, amongst others, Paweł Althamer, Cezary Bodzianowski, Piotr Janas, Robert Kuśmirowski, Anna Molska, Anna Niesterowicz, Paulina Ołowska, Wilhelm Sasnal, Monika Sosnowska, Piotr Uklański, Jakub Julian Ziółkowski, Artur Żmijewski. In 2004 he set up an Institute of Avant-garde in the former studio of Henryk Stażewski and Edward Krasiński. He has curated a number of exhibitions, for example, “Edward Krasiński. ABC” in Kraków’s Bunkier Sztuki (2008). Recently he has published a book Stanisław Dróżdż. Pojęciokształty. Poezja konkretna (2014) [Stanisław Dródż. Conceptoshapes. Concrete Poetry].
Meeting by the sculpture is a series of mini-lectures in the exhibition space, organized on Thursday evenings. Prominent specialists (curators, historians and theoreticians of art) will discuss the works in the collection of the Królikarnia’s Sculpture Museum. They have exceptional knowledge of works and authors on display.
The meeting is a part of a programme accompanying the exhibition “Zbigniew Libera: It’s not my fault that this sculpture rubbed againts me”.
Other events this month
Meeting by the sculpture pt. 1
On 14 January (Thursday) we invite for a meeting at which Anka Ptaszkowska will speak about the work by Henryk Stażewski. It is one of few opportunities to see paintings by...
Promotional meeting of “Szyldy na Starym Mieście w Warszawie”(Signboards in...
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Sculpture collages – making a new object for an exhibition
All sculptures selected for the exhibition go along with an authorial commentary in the form of Zbigniew Libera’s drawings. What drawing could fit the Królikarnia...
Film portraits of the artists: Władysław Hasior
On 19 January come and watch a film portrait of Władysław Hasior. Polska Sztuka Współczesna [Polish Modern Art] (10’), dir. Konstanty Gordon, commentary: Jadwiga...
Performative tour for people with vision defects
Królikarnia celebrates its 50th anniversary. On this occasion we have prepared an exhibition consisting of sculptures that visual artist Zbigniew Libera selected from...
Anniversary exhibition in English
24 January, Sunday, at 12am, come for an English tour through the exhibition “Zbigniew Libera: It's Not My Fault That This Sculpture rubbed againts me” Guide:...
Free tour around the sculpture storerooms of Xawery Dunikowski
On Tuesday 26 January it will have been 52 years after Xawery Dunikowski’s death. On this day come for a special tour around the sculpture storerooms of Xawery Dunikowski!...
Concert accompanying Joanna Halszka Sokołowska plays Franz Schubert Winterreise...
The legendary song cycle by Franz Schubert, composed to Wilhelm Müller’s poems, is the classic of classical music, an indispensable element of musical canon, one of the...