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© Joanna Przybyla, Single line IX, 1998 – 2020,
 weathered wood, 308 x 14 x 3 cm, unique piece
SCULPTURE IN SEARCH OF A PLACE
28.12.2020 – 21.02.2021 / group show
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 

 

The exhibition Sculpture in Search of a Place is yet another one in a series of cross-sectional thematic exhibitions at the Zachęta, 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 — 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 Leśniewska, 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.