Mirosław Bałka

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Mirosław Bałka, installation Postęp i Higiena Galeria Zachęta
Mirosław Bałka, Pamiątka I Komunii Świętej

Mirosław Bałka (born December 16, 1958 in Warsaw ) is a Polish sculptor and video artist who lives and works in Otwock .

life and work

Mirosław Bałka, Fountain, 2008 Kröller-Müller Museum , Netherlands

Mirosław Bałka studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw until 1985 . He belonged to the group Neue Bieriemiennost . Bałka has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw since 2011 . He is a sculptor, but also active in the field of experimental video and drawing.

In his reduced sculptures and installations made from everyday materials, he revolves around fundamental themes of human existence. He confronts the audience with moments on the border between death and life, with Polish history, the occupation, the Holocaust and his own past.

Works by Mirosław Bałka can be seen at international art exhibitions: documenta IX , Kassel (1992); Biennale di Venezia (1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2013), Carnegie International , Pittsburgh (1995), Biennale of São Paulo (1998), Liverpool Biennial (1999), Biennale of Sydney (1992, 2006), Santa Fe Biennial ( 2006).

In 2009 Mirosław Bałka showed the How It Is project as the 10th work in the Unilever series in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Gallery of Modern Art in London.

Awards

Mirosław Bałka - 190x60x70.7 x (12x9x9)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13th-20th September 1992 - catalog in three volumes, volume 1, page 115; Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0
  2. ↑ Mirosław Bałka website accessed on July 6, 2016
  3. ↑ Tate, Frances Morris Art Now: Miroslaw Balka: Dawn accessed on July 6, 2016 (English)
  4. ↑ this is tomorrow Miroslaw Balka: How It Is accessed on July 6, 2016 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Bałka, Mirosław
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish sculptor and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw