Zygmunt Rytka

Zygmunt Rytka (11 March 1947, Warsaw - 23 March 2018, Sokolowsk) was an intermedia artist, associated with the Polish neo-avant-garde scene of the 1970s and the independent art scene of the 1980s. Author of photographic cycles, experimental films and video, as well as installations and objects, the latter after 2000. He collaborated closely with the Mała Gallery in Warsaw, the Wschodnia Gallery and the FF Gallery in Łódź. Co-founder of the In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation. In his work he combined a philosophical and artistic study of nature and human perception with an ironic reflection on contemporary media and politics. At the same time, he provided a fantastic documentation of the art scene of which he was an active participant. [1]

Publications

• Zygmunt Rytka. Kamienie, mrówki i telewizja. Prace fotograficzne z 1971-2010, eds. Karol Hordziej and Daniel Muzyczuk, Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych and Leipzig: Spector Books, 2024, 280 pp. With texts by Zygmunt Rytka, Anna Maria Leśniewska, Daniel Muzyczuk, David Crowley and Karol Hordziej. Publisher. Event. (Polish)
  • Zygmunt Rytka: Stones, Ants, and Television: Photographic Works 1971–2010, Leipzig: Spector Books, 2024, 278 pp. Publisher. Publisher. (English)

Links

• Website
• Wikipedia-PL