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Collection of CoCA – blog

Purchase for the collection: Sebastian Kubica, B, P, S

Sebastian Kubica, B, P, S, 2012 linocut on paper A FORMAL SHORTCUT A set of three linocuts is an example of design activities of Kubica – a contemporary designer who also employs classic techniques. The format of his black and white linocuts...

Purchased for the collection: Krzysztof Gierałtowski, The Portrait of Jerzy Bereś

Krzysztof Gierałtowski, The Portrait of Jerzy Bereś (Portret Jerzeego Beresia), 1978 black and white photography A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT Gierałtowski’s photographs are created with distinctive portrait shots of mental and political...

Purchased for the collection: Wiesław Smużny, documentation for the symbolic installation Heliotropes

Wiesław Smużny, documentation of the symbolic installation Heliotropes (Heliotropy) photographs, dried sunflowers HELIOTROPES Environmental actions, initiated in the 1970s during the so-called „Lucim Action” („Akcja...

Purchased for the collection: Krzysztof Mazur, Frame

Krzysztof Mazur, Frame (Rama), 2005 plywood, three carpentry clamps BREATHING The work of the Toruń artist Krzysztof Mazur is highly restrained in terms of form, and respectful towards the material. The material emerging to the foreground in the...

Purchased for the collection: Joachim Fleischer, Scanning

Joachim Fleischer, Scanning, 2009–2010 light installation MOVING IMAGE The light installation Scanning by Joachim Fleischer comprises only a few elements – lamps and simple wire meshes suspended in the air. However, when the installation is on...

Purchased for the collection: Natalia LL, Existences I

Natalia LL, Existences I (Egzystencje I), 1962/2017 analogue photography, black and white CONCEPTUAL ART The series Existences – black and white analogue photographs – comes from the earliest period of Natalia LL’s work. It...

Purchased for the collection: Jerzy Bereś, The Altar of Changes and The Wind of History

Jerzy Bereś, The Altar of Changes (Ołtarz Zmian), 1978 wood, canvas, fabric, brushes (brooms), paint, 350 × 350 × 300 cm (sizes vary) Jerzy Bereś, The Wind of History (Wiatr Historii), 1995 wood, stone, rope, canvas, paint, 380 × 300 × 180 cm...

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COLLECTION The art collection at the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (CoCA) could be compared to a living organism. It is constantly developing and growing. The number of elements it consists of increases year by year, slowly filling the...

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