In a dim corner of my room, for longer than my fancy thinks,A beautiful and silent Sphinx has watched me … More
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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
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
Culture Bunkers
This is an extract of a longer preface that I have written for Michaela Janečková and Irena Lehkoživová’s new book, … More
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
Television Lies!
This is an extract of a longer essay commissioned by Karol Hordziej and Daniel Muzyczuk for a book to accompany … More
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
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
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
Wanda Czełkowska
In early 2023, I was invited to write a short analysis of Wanda Czełkowska’s ‘Black Frieze’ for the retrospective exhibition … More
