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Born 1952. Lives in [[Poznan]]. He received his MA and PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University and is currently professor ordinarius (the highest academic title in Poland, awarded exclusively by the President of the Republic of Poland) of modern art history and the chair of Art History Department of his alma mater. He is a sought after speaker and his lectures at the University are said to be tightly packed due to his "colorful style." Between 1992 and 1997 he was also a senior curator of contemporary art at the National Museum in Poznan. His allegiance to cutting-edge work is apparent in the selection of artists he chose to exhibit at the National Museum, or to whose catalogues he contributed. Among his favorites are the performance artist Jerzy Bere?; the Pozna? conceptualist Jaros?aw Kozlowski; and an author of intricate, large-scale, politically and socially charged photographic collages, Zofia Kulik. Piotrowski’s intimate familiarity with work by Central and Eastern European artists has led to multiple essays on the art of the region which have accompanied exhibition catalogues: ''Central European Avant-gardes: Exchange and Transformation, 1910-1930'' (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), ''Beyond Belief: Contemporary Art from East Central Europe'' (MCA, Chicago), ''Der Riss im Raum'' (Bonn Kunsthalle, Zach?ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw), and ''After the Wall: Art and Culture in Post-Communist Europe'' (Moderna Museet, Stockholm), to name just the most important ones. Piotrowski also wrote an essay "Central Europe in the Face of Unification"(2) for an anthology ''Who If Not We Should At Least Try to Imagine the Future of All This?'', which documented seven exhibitions organized on the occasion of the expansion of European Union in 2004. His curatorial activity is complementary to his academic writing. Citing Jean-Marc Poinsot, Piotrowski claims that "to organize an exhibition is to write the history of art."
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'''Piotr Piotrowski''' (1952-2015) was a Polish art historian and curator.
  
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He received his MA and PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University and from 1995 served as professor of modern art history there. Between 1992 and 1997 he was a senior curator of contemporary art at the National Museum in Poznan, and in 2009-10 director of the National Museum in Warsaw.
  
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http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~piotrpio/<br>
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http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Piotrowski_(historyk_sztuki) (Polish)
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* ''Metafizyka obrazu. O teorii sztuki i postawie artystycznej Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza'', Poznań: UAM, 1985. {{pl}}
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* ''Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz'', Warsaw: KAW, 1989. {{pl}}
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* ''Dekada. O syndromie lat siedemdziesiątych, kulturze artystycznej, krytyce, sztuce – wybiórczo i subiektywnie'', Poznań: Obserwator, 1991. {{pl}}
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* ''Artysta między rewolucją i reakcją. Studium z zakresu etycznej historii sztuki awangardy rosyjskiej'', Poznań: UAM, 1993. {{pl}}
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* editor, ''Galeria odNOWA 1964-1969'', Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1993. Catalogue. {{pl}}
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* editor, ''Odwilż. Sztuka ok. 1956 r.'', Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1996. Catalogue. {{pl}}
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* ''W cieniu Duchampa. Notatki nowojorskie'', Poznań: Obserwator, 1996. {{pl}}
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* editor, ''Jarosław Kozłowski – Przestrzenie czasu'', Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1997. Catalogue. {{pl}}
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* editor, ''Zofia Kulik – Od Syberii do Cyberii'', Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1999. Catalogue. {{pl}}
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* ''Znaczenia modernizmu. W stronę historii sztuki polskiej po 1945 roku'', Poznań: Rebis, 1999.
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* ''Awangarda w cieniu Jałty. Sztuka w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej w latach 1945-1989'', Poznań: Rebis, 2005. {{pl}}
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** ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1323 In the Shadow of Yalta. Art and the Avant-garde in Eastern Europe, 1945-1989]'', trans. Anna Brzyski, Reaktion Books, 2009, 487 pp. {{en}}
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* co-editor, ''Grenzen überwiegend. Festschrift für Adam S. Labuda zum 60. Geburtstag'', Berlin: Lukas, 2006. {{de}}
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* ''Sztuka według polityki. Od Melancholii do Pasji'', Cracow: Universitas, 2007. {{pl}}
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* ''Muzeum krytyczne'', Poznań: Rebis, 2011. {{pl}}
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* ''Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe'', 2012. {{en}}
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* [http://repozytorium.amu.edu.pl/jspui/handle/10593/8378/simple-search?query=piotrowski Essays, 1991-2006]. {{pl}},{{en}}
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* http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~piotrpio/
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* [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Piotrowski Piotrowski at Polish Wikipedia]
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* [http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/09/piotr-piotrowski-obituary Obituary in the Guardian]

Revision as of 11:11, 4 August 2015

Piotr Piotrowski (1952-2015) was a Polish art historian and curator.

He received his MA and PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University and from 1995 served as professor of modern art history there. Between 1992 and 1997 he was a senior curator of contemporary art at the National Museum in Poznan, and in 2009-10 director of the National Museum in Warsaw.

Works
  • Metafizyka obrazu. O teorii sztuki i postawie artystycznej Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza, Poznań: UAM, 1985. (Polish)
  • Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Warsaw: KAW, 1989. (Polish)
  • Dekada. O syndromie lat siedemdziesiątych, kulturze artystycznej, krytyce, sztuce – wybiórczo i subiektywnie, Poznań: Obserwator, 1991. (Polish)
  • Artysta między rewolucją i reakcją. Studium z zakresu etycznej historii sztuki awangardy rosyjskiej, Poznań: UAM, 1993. (Polish)
  • editor, Galeria odNOWA 1964-1969, Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1993. Catalogue. (Polish)
  • editor, Odwilż. Sztuka ok. 1956 r., Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1996. Catalogue. (Polish)
  • W cieniu Duchampa. Notatki nowojorskie, Poznań: Obserwator, 1996. (Polish)
  • editor, Jarosław Kozłowski – Przestrzenie czasu, Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1997. Catalogue. (Polish)
  • editor, Zofia Kulik – Od Syberii do Cyberii, Poznań: Muzeum Narodowe, 1999. Catalogue. (Polish)
  • Znaczenia modernizmu. W stronę historii sztuki polskiej po 1945 roku, Poznań: Rebis, 1999.
  • Awangarda w cieniu Jałty. Sztuka w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej w latach 1945-1989, Poznań: Rebis, 2005. (Polish)
  • co-editor, Grenzen überwiegend. Festschrift für Adam S. Labuda zum 60. Geburtstag, Berlin: Lukas, 2006. (German)
  • Sztuka według polityki. Od Melancholii do Pasji, Cracow: Universitas, 2007. (Polish)
  • Muzeum krytyczne, Poznań: Rebis, 2011. (Polish)
  • Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe, 2012. (English)
  • Essays, 1991-2006. (Polish),(English)
Links
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