© Jacek Poremba, Bez tytu?u, 1999
EXHIBITION & AUCTION OF MASTERS OF POLISH PHOTOGRAPHY
11th edition of FOTOGRAFIA KOLEKCJONERSKA
- leading Polish artists
- iconic images in the history of Polish photography
- unique prints
Exhibition opening: 11 October 2013, 19.00 (Friday)
Exhibition: 12-27 October 2013
Collectors' Evening: 19 October, 20.00 (Saturday)
Auction: 27 October 2013, 19.00 (Sunday)
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski), ul. Jazdów 2, Warszawa
Organisers: FotografiaKolekcjonerska.pl in partnership with Artinfo.pl and Rempex Auction House
Witkacy, Hartwig, Lewczyński, Rolke, Rydet, Poremba, Żak, Milach – these are just some of the leading Polish artists creating photography to be shown at a unique exhibition in the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. On 27 October 2013, the exhibition will end with an auction of all featured items.
© Jan Dziaczkowski, Bez tytułu, ok. 2006
The 11th edition of the Fotografia Kolekcjonerska project will showcase items unique to the artists' work and those which have played a major role in the history of Polish photography. The oldest pictures date back to the early 20th century and are rare items on the market. For example, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - Witkacy's portraits, which are among this year's highlights, are much appreciated both by Polish and international collectors. One of Witkacy's self-portraits has been among the most expensive photographs auctioned in Poland to date. It went for a record price of PLN 135 thousand!
The pre-auction exhibition will be an overview of the key artistic trends in Polish photography. The collection of 100 plus works includes both such authors of iconic images as Jan Bułhak, Edward Hartwig, Zbigniew Dłubak, Jerzy Lewczyński and Zofia Rydet, and younger generation artists with international renown, like Rafał Milach, Anna Bedyńska, Kacper Kowalski and Karolina Breguła – to name just a few.
© Józef Robakowski, Obraz kalejdoskopowy, 1970
The body of works selected by the organisers represents a diversified collection of themes, being a unique document of Poland's modern history and Polish culture. The topics will range from scenes of post-war ruins of Warsaw taken by Karol Szczeciński, Edward Gierek and Piotr Jaroszewicz looking at watches on a symbolic photo by Bogdan Łopieński, to portraits of distinguished Poles, including that of Władysław Hasior by Andrzej B. Górski, Krzysztof Zanussi by Krzysztof Gierałtowski and Barbara Krafftówna by Zofia Nasierowska.
Interestingly, the collection is highly diversified in formal terms. Apart from traditionally made photographs, a unique collage by Jan Dziaczkowski and glass negatives from Jadwiga Maziarska's collection will come under the hammer.
© Rafał Milach, Bez tytułu z cyklu Czarne morze betonu, 2008/2013
Artists: Jan Bułhak, Janusz Bułhak, Benedykt Jerzy Dorys, Bolesław Gardulski, Edward Hartwig, Włodzimierz Puchalski, Karol Szczeciński, Tadeusz Wański, Antoni Wieczorek, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - Witkacy, Stefan Arczyński, Erazm Ciołek, Janusz Czarnecki, Zbigniew Dłubak, Kazimiera Dyakowska, Bogdan Dziworski, Leszek Fidusiewicz, Marek Gardulski, Krzysztof Gierałtowski, Teresa Gierzyńska, Aleksander Górski, Andrzej B. Górski, Eugeniusz Haneman, Krzysztof Kamiński, Marek Karewicz, Jan Kosidowski, Jerzy Kosiński, Ewa Kuryluk, Jerzy Lewczyński, Natalia LL, Zbigniew Łagocki, Bogdan Łopieński, Zofia Nasierowska, Fortunata Obrąpalska, Marek Piasecki, Paweł Pierściński, Józef Robakowski, Tadeusz Rolke, Eva Rubinstein, Tadeusz Rydet, Zofia Rydet, Zygmunt Rytka, Bronisław Schlabs, Mikołaj Smoczyński, Marian Szulc, Jan Weselik, Krzysztof Zarębski, Anna Bedyńska, Karolina Breguła, Dorota Buczkowska, Przemek Dzienis, Filip Ćwik, Jan Dziaczkowski, Marcin Jastrzębski, Bogdan Konopka, Kacper Kowalski, Andrzej Kramarz, Georgia Krawiec, Zofia Kulik, Łódź Kaliska, Michał Łuczak, Małgorzata Markiewicz, Rafał Milach, Tomek Niewiadomski, Igor Omulecki, Krzysztof Pająk, Adam Pańczuk, Maciej Pisuk, Jacek Poremba, Krzysztof Pruszkowski, Grzegorz Przyborek, Agnieszka Rayss, Sławomir Rumiak, Juliusz Sokołowski, Andrzej Świetlik, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Wacław Wantuch, Wojtek Wieteska, Stanisław J. Woś, Janek Zamoyski, Joanna Zastróżna, Piotr Zbierski, Ireneusz Zjeżdżałka, Paweł Żak.
© Joanna Zastróżna, Z cyklu MMK, 2010
The 11th edition of FOTOGRAFIA KOLEKCJONERSKA also features an interesting fringe programme, with film screenings and the main attraction, i.e. THE COLLECTORS' EVENING, a meeting with distinguished Polish collectors of photography: Dariusz Bieńkowski, Wojciech Jędrzejewski, Joanna and Krzysztof Madelski, Wojciech Nowicki and Cezary Pieczyński. The meeting will be hosted by Józef Robakowski, a distinguished artist, collector, and curator.
Venue: Kino.Lab Cinema, CCA Ujazdowski Castle. Admission to all events is free!
© Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - Witkacy, Groźny bandyta, 1931
Fringe Programme:
16.10, 18.30 - two films screenings:
- “Zbigniew Dłubak. Perceiving”, 2007, directed by Piotr Weychert
- “The Endlessness of Long Roads. Zofia Rydet Peeped on and Eavesdropped on 1989 AD”, 1989, directed by Andrzej Różycki
19.10, 20.00 - COLLECTORS' EVENING - film screening + meeting with well-known collectors of Photography in Poland
- part 1 - screening of the film “The World by Sight - The Photographs of Jerzy Lewczyński”, 2012, directed by Piotr Weychert
- Part two: Meeting with Dariusz Bieńkowski, Wojciech Jędrzejewski, Joanna and Krzysztof Madelski, Wojciech Nowicki and Cezary Pieczyński, Host: Józef Robakowski
23.10, 18.30 - meeting with Józef Robakowski and screenings of three of Robakowski's films from the “Impact of Art” series, 1992 and of a Magda Olczyk's film
- “Jadwiga Sawicka - But Where Is the Drama?” 1995
- “Photo-Creations. Krzysztof Cichosz, Leszek Golec, Alexander Honory, Konrad Kuzyszyn, D. Kulesza, I. Nawrot, Zygmunt Rytka”, 1996
“Zygmunt Rytka's Private Collection”, 1997
and:
"Collection of Events", 2009, real. Magda Olczyk
© Grzegorz Przyborek, Stwórca z cyklu Portrety, 1990
Fotografia Kolekcjonerska is the only regular auctioning event dedicated exclusively to photography. Since its first edition in 2007, it has offered collectors a diversity of works by leading Polish artists. All lots are described in line with the world's art market standards. A key goal of the project is to promote the collection of photography in Poland. Hence the fringe programme, with film screenings, meetings and workshops. To make life easier for viewers and bidders, a bilingual (Polish-English) catalogue with biographical notes, reproductions and lot descriptions is available.
Curator: Katarzyna Sagatowska
Latest news about the exhibition, auction and fringe programme can be found online: www.fotografiakolekcjonerska.pl and www.artinfo.pl
Online catalogue will be soon available on www.artinfo.pl
© Wacław Wantuch, Bez tytułu (Akt), 2002/2004