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Doors, Stairs, and Windows

This essay appears in a book that I have edited in conjunction with an exhibition at Muzeum Susch in Switzerland, … More

conceptual art, croatian-art, Edita Schubert, exhibitions, painting, performance, ritual, Susch

Getting Lost with Andrej Klimowski

In a dim corner of my room, for longer than my fancy thinks,A beautiful and silent Sphinx has watched me … More

book covers, graphic design, Graphic Design, illustration, Poland

Sound-Colour-Space

A version of this essay is published in a book to accompany Ilona Keserü’s exhibition at Muzeum Susch (details here) … More

Keserü, Vidovszky

As It Is: Art and the Mass Media Image in Gierek’s Poland

This essay will appear in Art in Translation later this year. It is a version of a talk that I … More

photography, Poland

Culture Bunkers

This is an extract of a longer preface that I have written for Michaela Janečková and Irena Lehkoživová’s new book, … More

Cold War, Communism, socmodernism

The Aura of the Avant-garde

Agnieszka Pindera at the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź is leading a research project into Échange entre artistes 1931–1982, Pologne-USA, a … More

Cold War, Constructivism, Poland

Television Lies!

This is an extract of a longer essay commissioned by Karol Hordziej and Daniel Muzyczuk for a book to accompany … More

Communism, Poland, Solidarity, Television

Forecast and Fantasy: Architecture without Borders, 1960s to 1980s

This exhibition was mounted at the Estonian Museum of Architecture, in spring 2023. Curated by Andres Kurg and Mari Laanemets, … More

Architecture, Estonia, Visionary architecture

Unknown Pleasures: Tyszkiewicz’s Films

This essay on Teresa Tyszkiewicz’s extraordinary films is due for publication in a book edited by Zofia Machnicka in 2023. … More

consumerism, experimental film, PRL, Sexuality, Tyszkiewicz

Super America: Polish Artists and Consumer Lifestyle

This is a link to a video of a lecture given in Poznan in spring 2023 at a excellent symposium … More

art, Cold War, consumerism, USA

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This is a notebook and an archive. I use this blog to sketch thoughts into words and to post articles and reviews already in print which are difficult to source or in translation. If you are interested to look further, you'll mostly find writing on graphic design and/or Eastern Europe here. You'll need to scroll down the page. There are some downloads and links in the menu above.

- David

You can email me at crowleyd[at]staff.ncad.ie

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