Jan Świdziński

Evening in the Context – Jan Świdziński’s name day at THE KNOT

Biography

Jan Świdziński – artist and art theorist. Painter, graphic artist, dancer and performer. Born in 1923. Author of the revolutionary proposal for contemporary art, which he called contextual art. Author of books: Art as Contextual Art (Lund, Sweden 1976), Art, Society and Self-consciousness (Calgary, Canada 1979), Freedom and Limitation - The Anatomy of Post-modernism (Calgary, Canada 1987), Quotations on Contextual Art (Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1988), L'Art et son Contexte (Québec, Canada 2005). Published in Poland: Sztuka jako sztuka kontekstualna Warsaw 1977, Sztuka , społeczeństwo, samoświadomość, 2009, Sztuka i jej kontekst, 2009.

Jan Świdziński’s name day at THE KNOT

On Thursday 24 June 2010 THE KNOT will be honoured to welcome on its non-thresholds the legend of the Polish artistic scene, Jan Świdziński, performer and thinker who for several decades has been practising and theorising art in its social context. Jan Świdziński is known as the founder of the concept of contextual art, which inspired an entire generation of artists in Poland and abroad. THE KNOT seems an ideal place to talk once again about how art resonates in the multitude of our social worlds, how it permeates them, changes them and vests them with a different context.

Actiuni relevante

URSYNÓW | KNOWLEDGE | joi, 24.06.2010 | 21:00

Evening in the Context: Jan Świdziński’s name day at Th...

Meeting with the founding father of contextualism, presentation of films and documentation, debate. Hosted by: Jan Przyłuski. // ATTENTION!! This will take place in Nizio Gallery in Warsaw, ul. Inżynierska 3