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This book presents an in-depth study of the highly original collaboration between two outstanding Polish artists of the post-war era: the legendary conceptual artist Edward Krasinski and the photographer Eustachy Kossakowski. Both artists were central protagonists of the Foksal Gallery in Warsaw, founded in 1966 as a sphere of groundbreaking experimentation in the Communist era.
The creative interaction and exchange between Edward Krasinski and Eustachy Kossakowski spans from 1964 - 1970 when the latter immigrated to Paris. Krasinski developed in these years his seminal concept of the "Blue Line," a strip of scotch tape extending horizontally in a given space. In 1964 Krasinski enacted his piece Spear in a field, which was the first 'happening' his friend Kossakowski, originally a reportage photographer, captured with his camera. The illusion the artists created in the remaining photo series was much like he would enact in his pivotal piece "J'ai Perdu La Fin!!!" in which he pretends to have 'lost the end' of a cable cord.
This exciting publication in collaboration with Broadway 1602, New York, presents Krasinski's 'happenings' and mise en scenes in the first comprehensive volume focusing specifically on his partnership with Kossakowski. Never intended for an audience, they were strictly composed for Kossakowski's camera resulting in an original marriage of conceptual restrain and laconic humour.
About the author
Anka Ptaszkowska: Anka Ptaszkowska is an art critic, co-founder of the Foksal Gallery, Warsaw and one of the key personalities of the Polish neo-avant-garde scene.
Babette Mangolte: Babette Mangolte is a French-American cinematographer and film director, notable for the films she made with Chantal Ackerman. She is currently a professor at University of California, San Diego.
Patrick Komorowski: Patrick Komorowski is a French-Polish art historian specializing in post-war Polish photography, working as an independent curator, writer and most recently as a gallerist for Polish 20th century photography.
Michael Bracewell: Michael Bracewell is the author of six novels and four works of non-fiction. He writes widely on modern and contemporary British art, and is a regular contributor to "Frieze" magazine and "The Burlington Magazine."
Anke Kempkes: Anke Kempkes is the founder of Broadway 1602. She worked as a critic, independent curator and scholar in London and Berlin from 1993-2003.
Residence New York, USA
