Foksal Gallery

We See You, Galeria Foksal window with Tadeusz Kantor, Anka Ptaszkowska, Zbigniew Gostomski, Henryk Stażewski, Maria Stangret, Edward Krasiński, and Wiesław Borowski, 1968-9.

Wieslaw Borowski with a painting by Zbigniew Gostomski in front of Galeria Foksal in Warsaw. Borowski to Marek Bartelik in 2011: "Because the government closely monitored artistic activities in Poland, we created a parallel ‘second system,’ which consisted of various art events in cafés and private homes. Particularly vibrant discussions took place in [Henryk] Stażewski’s apartment. Krzywe Koło [Gallery in Warsaw] was closed in 1965, since it was considered too subversive. Our meetings thus had to be moved to another place. A café belonging to the Society of Polish Architects (SARP) on Foksal Street became our new gathering place.." (source)

A gallery in Warsaw, founded 1966.

Links

• Home page
• Photographs by Eustachy Kossakowski of artistic events and life around Foskal Gallery, 1966-70.
• Thoughts Isolated: The Foksal Gallery Archives, 1966-2016, exhibition, James Gallery, 2016.
• Paweł Polit, "Warsaw's Foksal Gallery 1966-72: Between Place and Archive", ARTMargins, 24 Jan 2009; upd. as "Foksal Gallery and the Notion of Archive: Between Inventory and Place", Afterall 21, Summer 2009.
• We See You. The Foksal Gallery Activities 1966-1989 / Me näeme teid: Foksal Galerii tegevus 1966-1989 / My was widzimy: działalność Galerii Foksal w latach 1966-1989, Warsaw, 2009. Catalogue. TOC, English section. (English)
• Galeria Foksal 1966-2016, Warsaw: Galeria Foksal, 2016. (English)
  • Klara Kemp-Welch, "International Relations at the Foksal Gallery". [1]