The University of Michigan
Center for Russian & East European Studies
and the School of Art & Design,
in association with the Polish Cultural Institute,
present:

ZBIGNIEW LIBERA: WORK FROM 1984-2004

The first comprehensive exhibition and residency in the United States
of Zbigniew Libera, one of Poland’s most recognized and controversial artists

January 13 - February 17, 2006

Opening Receptions: Friday, January 13, 6-9pm

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
School of Art & Design

          Jean Paul Slusser Gallery            Work Exhibition Space
          Art and Architecture Bldg.           306 South State Street
          2000 Bonisteel Blvd.            Ann Arbor, Michigan
          Ann Arbor, MI 48109   
             Mon-Fri, 9–5 pm              Tue–Wed, 12–7 pm; Thu, 12–4:30 pm;
               Fri–Sat, 12–8 pm; Sun, 12–5 pm

The exhibition, lecture and symposium are free and open to the public

Thursday, January 19,  5 pm
Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series Presentation and
Annual Copernicus Lecture
Zbigniew Libera, artist
How Artists are Tamed: Zbigniew Libera and the Polish Press, 1980-2005


Friday, January 20, 2-5 pm
1636 International Institute, 1080 South University Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Symposium:
Revolution in the Attic: The Tradition of Polish Counter-Culture
Participants: Zbigniew Libera, artist, Warsaw; Norman Kleeblatt, chief curator, Jewish Museum, New York; Lukasz Ronduda, new media curator, Center for Contemporary Art “Zamek Ujazdowski”, Warsaw; Tirtza Even, assistant professor of art, U-M; Michael D. Kennedy, professor of sociology, U-M; Piotr Westwalewicz, lecturer in Slavic languages & literatures, U-M; Magdalena Zaborowska, associate professor of American culture, U-M

Mini-course
Revolution in the Attic: the Tradition of Polish Counter-Culture
Instructor: Piotr Westwalewicz, lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures, U-M
REES 410.001/meets with Slavic 490.001, one credit

and on the occasion of the exhibition,
Saturday, January 28, 5 pm
at WHITE BOX, 525 West 26th Street, NEW YORK CITY
Artist's Talk by Zbigniew Libera

>>> MORE ON “ZBIGNIEW LIBERA: WORK FROM 1984-2004”

>>> SELECTED QUOTES FROM BOOKS & ARTICLES ABOUT ZBIGNIEW LIBERA’S WORK

>>> LIST OF WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

>>> ZBIGNIEW LIBERA – RESUME    
  
>>> ZBIGNIEW LIBERA – SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

>>>LIBERA - RELATED RESEARCH PROJECT AT THE U-M: “POLISH AVANT-GARDE & COUNTER - CULTURE MOVEMENTS AFTER 1980”

The Zbigniew Libera residency and exhibition at the University of Michigan are supported, in part, by the U-M Copernicus Endowment and the School of Art & Design’s Roman J. Witt Visiting Faculty Program and Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series. Additional funding comes from U-M’s Center for Russian and East European Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; International Institute; and the Office of Vice President for Research; Polish Cultural Institute, New York; Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland; Centre for Contemporary Art “Ujazdowski Castle”, Warsaw; and the Fundacja Sztuka i Wspόłczesnosc, Warsaw.

Special thanks to Paulina Kolczynska Fine Art, Inc.

       
University of Michigan

Polish Cultural Institute Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland

Centre for Contemporary Art “Ujazdowski Castle

Fundacja Sztuka i Wspόłczesnosc

 

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