Gorzata Potocka (2 results)

Condition: Fine. Marika Kuzmicz (ed), Kamila Dworniczak, Marika Kuzmicz, Marta Smolinska,Ma gorzata Potocka, Ma gorzata Potocka, Arton Foundation, Warsaw, 2023. 241 x175mm. 184pp. Perfect bound softcover book printed in black and white in matteprinted wraps. Text in Polish and English. A monograph on the conceptual artistMalgorzata Potocka exploring her pioneering film, video, and photography workwithin the socio-political context of Poland in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Potocka's work extracted the absurd and paradoxical aspects of life within the PolishPeople's Republic, often turning to herself as subject. There are also photographsand texts about her visit to New York in 1985 where she met artists such as Christo,Richard Serra, Joan Jonas, and Paul Sharits. The book contains biography,education, collective exhibitions, selected individual exhibitions, film screeningsinformation. The monograph also features an interview with the artist and essays onher work; 'Myself as a Medium, Medium as a Game' by Kamila Dworniczak; 'Photoeye,or what did Malgorzata Potocka see?' by Marika Kumicz; and 'What is thisqueue for? Everyday life in communist Poland in the early 1980s in the eyes ofMalgorzata Potocka' by Marta Smolinska. . Potocka is a famous Polish actress whowas married to Józef Robakowski (they later divorced, and she dated the rockmusician Grzegorz Ciechowski).…

Condition: Very good +. Ma gorzata Potocka, Tryptyk / Triptych, Ma a Galeria, Warsaw, 1983. 185 x 172mm. 12 pp. Printed in black and white with one page hand-coloured: the nails of a hand, painted red. 'Triptych' is accompanied by a card with an existentialist poem by Potocka on one side 'I fight stagnation. / I praise pressure'. and a list of some of her films on the other. As part of their project 'Not Yet Written Stories Women Artists' Archives Online', the Arton Foundation (Warsaw) has commissioned a monograph dedicated to Potocka's work whose cover features the images with glasses which were first published in this catalogue. Condition: Minor rubbing bottom corner, minor wear to surface of first two pages, clean staple (no rust). Overall, Very Good +.…