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Concrete poetry in Poland

Stanisław Dróżdż (Stanislaw Drozdz)

[Poezja konkretna: Wybór tekstów polskich oraz dokumentacja z lat 1967-77] (Concrete poetry: A Selection of Polish Texts and Documentation 1966-1977)

Wrocław: Socjalistyczny Związek Studentów Polskich, Akademicki Ośrodek Teatralney, 1978. In original illustrated paper. 96 p. with many illustration. In very nice conditon.

The masterpiece of Stanisław Dróżdż.

In 1964 he started writing poetry, and in 1967 ideaforms [pojęciokształty]--works on the border of poetry and the visual arts. Following year he debuted at the now-nonexistent Galeria Pod Moną Lizą in Wrocław, since 1971 he has regularly collaborated with Warsaw's Foksal Gallery receiving the support from its manager Wiesław Borowski, and also with other galleries. Only later he was told it is concrete poetry what he's making and was shown literary writings from Britain, Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, which pleased him, he felt confident in his genre.[1] Although he did not consider himself a visual artist, he joined the Association of Polish Fine Artists [Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków] because the Association of Writers did not accept him.[2] His texts were realized in the form of manuscripts, photographic prints, computer prints and spatial installations, many times improving the form over the years, even decades.

In 2003 he represented Poland at the 50th Venice Biennale with his work Alea iacta est.

Price: €500.00