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