Pawel Kwiek
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Born | Paweł Kwiek 16 March 1951 |
Died | 13 March 2022 | (aged 70)
Nationality | Polish |
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Movement | Contemporary art |
Paweł Kwiek (16 March 1951 – 13 March 2022) was a Polish contemporary visual artist, photographer,
In 1973, Kwiek graduated from the
Open Form was an experiment that explored the potential of such communication. Kwiek's film 1, 2, 3... Cinematographer's Exercises (1, 2, 3... ćwiczenia operatorskie, 1972) was spontaneous improvisation that challenges the activities of political organisations (Union of Socialist Youth) at the Film School in Łódź. Pawel Kwiek was one of the first in Poland to experiment with video (e.g. Video A, 1974; Video C, 1975). During the strike at the Film School in 1980, Kwiek recorded the film Solidary Waiting with Jacek Jozwiak. At the time, he was already a member of the Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity" and an activist of the Committee for the Renewal of the Film School (Ruch Odnowy Uczelni). After 13 December 1981, Kwiek was expelled from the Film School.[1] One of the forerunners of video art, Kwiek worked with experimental film and video, photography, drawing. Author of manifestos and founder of artistic projects that borrow from other spheres of art, culture and related fields of knowledge: philosophy, cybernetics, poetry, sociology. Works by Paweł Kwiek belong to collections of the CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, ERSTE Foundation in Vienna.[4] As an artist, Kwiek is recognised as a representative of the Polish neo-avant-garde movement of the 1970s.[5] Honoured with the Medal "150 Years of Polish Photography". Released in 2013, the trilingual book 1, 2, 3... Cinematographer's Exercises. Paweł Kwiek. Photography, Film, Video[6] discusses Paweł Kwiek's work from the 1970s and includes essays by David Crowley, Marika Kuźmicz, Mark Nash and Łukasz Ronduda.
Kwiek died on 13 March 2022.[7]
Selected works
- 1, 2, 3... Cinematographer's Exercises (orig. pol: 1, 2, 3... ćwiczenia operatorskie, 1972) – experimental political film
- Niechcice (1973) – film made in the State Agricultural Farm of Niechcice
- A Poem about Consciousness (pol. Poemat o świadomości, 1977) – film features high school undergraduates
- Encounters with Light (Spotkania ze światłem, 1991) – photographic cycle
Selected solo exhibitions[1]
- 1979 – "Participation, Cognition, Decision" ("Uczestnictwo, poznanie, decyzja") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 1983 – "Revelation" ("Objawienie") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 1988 – "Ecumenism of Art" ("Ekumenizm sztuki") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 1989 – "Lech Wałęsa's Thought Forms" ("Myślokształty Lecha Wałęsy") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 1990 – "Spiritual Meeting Gifts. Hermetic Paintings" ("Pamiątki spotkań duchowych. Obrazy hermetyczne") – Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw;
- 1991 – "Meetings with Light" ("Spotkania ze światłem") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 1994 – "Between Water and Air" ("Pomiędzy wodą a powietrzem") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 2000 – "19 Photographs" ("19 fotografii") – Mała Galeria, Warsaw;
- 2008 – "Inter-Drawings" ("Międzyrysunki") – Galeria Senatorska, Warsaw; "Six Compositions" ("Sześć kompozycji") – Art NEW Media, Warsaw;
- 2010 – "Light – Love – Peace of Mind" ("Światło – miłość – spokój") – Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.
References
- ^ a b c "Paweł Kwiek". Culture.pl.
- ^ "artinfo.pl – Portal rynku sztuki". artinfo.pl.
- OCLC 712646510.
- ^ "Paweł Kwiek". fundacjaarton.pl.
- ^ "O.pl Polski Portal Kultury". o.pl.
- ISBN 978-83-938029-4-4
- ^ "Paweł Kwiek | Życie i twórczość | Artysta". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 March 2022.