Sculpture in Search of a聽Place
The exhibition Sculpture in Search of a Place is yet another one in a series of cross-sectional thematic exhibitions at the Zach臋ta, devoted each year to a different artistic medium (previously painting and scenography). It tackles the subject of the identity of Polish sculpture over the last sixty years 鈥� not so much as a chronology of artistic activity, but as a presentation of the phenomena and creative attitudes that have been essential for its development. It is also the result of the deep fascination and many years of research of its curator, Anna Maria Le艣niewska, who has managed to collect the works of nearly a hundred visual artists, including a dozen or so film makers, and present them in the form of an original visual essay.
It is not without a reason that the exhibition features the famous Pregnant Women by Xawery Dunikowski, a classic and precursor of modernist sculpture in Poland, who had a huge impact on the next generations of artists. His works provide a kind of starting point for the exhibition, if one tries to look at the subject of sculpture and the changes it has undergone over the years from historical perspective. Next to them, visitors can see, among others, polyester forms by Alina Szapocznikow and figurative private nudes by Katarzyna Kozyra. Also present here are works of folk art and African masks which, through their primal power of expression, have been shown by the curator as constitutive for the phenomenon of sculpture.
The exhibition covers a very vast area 鈥� both in terms of its historical and thematic approach, as well as the way it presents the very phenomenon of sculpture: from a compact solid to space, from classic to modern forms of expression. This is also reflected in spectacular site-specific installations by Ludwika Ogorzelec in the space of one of the rooms and by Iza Tarasewicz in the Zach臋ta鈥檚 main staircase, manifestations of the broadly understood art of space, which also includes sound.
The exhibition is accompanied by a screening of film studies by filmmakers from the Film School in 艁贸d藕 and an online publication containing, among others, messages by the artists participating in the exhibition and a long curatorial text.
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The exhibition Sculpture in Search of a Place is yet another one in a series of cross-sectional thematic exhibitions at the Zach臋ta, devoted each year to a different artistic medium (previously painting and scenography). It tackles the subject of the identity of Polish sculpture over the last sixty years 鈥� not so much as a chronology of artistic activity, but as a presentation of the phenomena and creative attitudes that have been essential for its development. It is also the result of the deep fascination and many years of research of its curator, Anna Maria Le艣niewska, who has managed to collect the works of nearly a hundred visual artists, including a dozen or so film makers, and present them in the form of an original visual essay.
It is not without a reason that the exhibition features the famous Pregnant Women by Xawery Dunikowski, a classic and precursor of modernist sculpture in Poland, who had a huge impact on the next generations of artists. His works provide a kind of starting point for the exhibition, if one tries to look at the subject of sculpture and the changes it has undergone over the years from historical perspective. Next to them, visitors can see, among others, polyester forms by Alina Szapocznikow and figurative private nudes by Katarzyna Kozyra. Also present here are works of folk art and African masks which, through their primal power of expression, have been shown by the curator as constitutive for the phenomenon of sculpture.
The exhibition covers a very vast area 鈥� both in terms of its historical and thematic approach, as well as the way it presents the very phenomenon of sculpture: from a compact solid to space, from classic to modern forms of expression. This is also reflected in spectacular site-specific installations by Ludwika Ogorzelec in the space of one of the rooms and by Iza Tarasewicz in the Zach臋ta鈥檚 main staircase, manifestations of the broadly understood art of space, which also includes sound.
The exhibition is accompanied by a screening of film studies by filmmakers from the Film School in 艁贸d藕 and an online publication containing, among others, messages by the artists participating in the exhibition and a long curatorial text.
Artists on show
- Alina Szapocznikow
- Andrzej Paw艂owski
- Andrzej Ró偶ycki
- Andrzej Szewczyk
- Andrzej Wajda
- Aneta Grzeszykowska
- Anna Konik
- Artur Zmijewski
- Cezary Bodzianowski
- Edward Krasinski
- Edward Lazikowski
- Gustav Vigeland
- Hakan Bakir
- Henryk Wici艅ski
- Iza Tarasewicz
- Izabella Gustowska
- Jadwiga Maziarska
- Jadwiga Sawicka
- Janek Simon
- Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz
- Joanna Rajkowska
- Józef Robakowski
- Kamil Kuskowski
- Katarzyna Kobro
- Katarzyna Kozyra
- Koji Kamoji
- Krystiana Robb-Narbutt
- Krzysztof M. Bednarski
- Krzysztof Wodiczko
- Krzysztof Zar臋bski
- Leszek Golec
- Leszek Knaflewski
- Ludwika Ogorzelec
- 艁ukasz Karwowski
- Maciej Sza艅kowski
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Marek Piasecki
- Maria Pini艅ska-Bere艣
- Marian Szulc
- Marlena Kudlicka
- Michal Budny
- Miroslaw Balka
- Monika Sosnowska
- Norman Leto
- Oskar Dawicki
- Pawel Althamer
- Pawel Kowalewski
- Piotr Andrejew
- Piotr Bosacki
- Piotr Potworowski
- Robert Ku艣mirowski
- Ryszard Wa艣ko
- Sofi Zezmer
- Szczepan Mucha
- Tadeusz Kantor
- Tatiana Czekalska
- Teresa Mucha
- Teresa Murak
- Teresa Tyszkiewicz
- Teresa Tyszkiewicz
- W艂odzimierz Pawlak
- Xawery Dunikowski
- Xawery Wolski
- Zbigniew Libera
- Zbigniew Rybczynski
- Zuzanna Janin
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If you have missed a fresh outlook on Polish sculpture over the last sixty years, the sort of outlook that defies restrictive convention, the exhibit Sculpture in Search of a Place at the Zach臋ta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw could certainly remedy the situation.
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