Gallery ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin

Gallery ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin
Gallery ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin

The gallery still represents a number of these artists today. “We are a mid-sized gallery with a limited number of artists, explains Branicka: “We offer more challenging art, exhibit artists who can offer specific viewpoints and questions. Our collectors already possess a good deal of knowledge and wish to extend this knowledge. Museums also wish to fill in their gaps.” Some museums in Western countries, including the Tate Gallery in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and MoMa in New York suddenly realised that they had missed out on 40 or 50 years of developments in Eastern European art, and there were huge gaps in their collections. Now they are building up special departments to include them. But according to Branicka, most people interested in art think that Polish art first began to exist after the fall of the Wall. Of course this is nonsense. Zofia Kulik, Józef Robakowski, Ryszard Wasko and many other artists were then already working as the second-generation of Polish avant-garde. By contrast with most artists from East Germany almost all of them were able to travel to the West. True, young artists like Kudlicka and Stachon would often draw their inspiration from the first generation of Polish avant-garde in the 1920s and 30s. Nonetheless the high quality of their work allowed them to participate in the international art market without a problem. Writings on art history and Poland have also long since reached an international level. The upshot is that we are all now able to reformulate the history of art in central Europe together. Branicka adds: “Furthermore our collectors are international. They do not specialise in Polish art but collect conceptual and contemporary art in general.”

A book edited by the ŻAK | BRANICKA Foundation and published by Hatje Cantz in 2011 is living proof that Polish art is arousing considerable international attention. “Polish! Contemporary Art from Poland” has more than 300 pages and contains articles on one of two artists by around thirty international curators, including Dieter Roelstrate, Angelika Stepken and Christoph Tannert. Almost all the above-mentioned artists are included, but also Paweł Althamer, Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Sławomir Elsner, Alicja Kwade, Marcin Maciejowski, Anna Molska, Monika Sosnowska, Piotr Uklański and Artur Żmijewski, to name but a few. In her introductory essay the artist historian and former director of the Warsaw Zachęta gallery, Anda Rottenberg, points out that, as a reaction to a number of stages of political repression and indoctrination there was a lively development of high-quality work in all areas of pictorial art, literature, music and theatre, which was completely ignored in the West. According to Rottenberg, after the war all the significant Polish artists were fully conscious of their significance in the development of global values.

Media library
  • Magdalena Abakanowicz, Bambini, 1998

    Magdalena Abakanowicz, Bambini, 1998. Ausstellungsansicht in der St. Elisabeth-Kirche, Berlin, Gallery Weekend 2015, Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin
  • Hubert Czerepok, MADNESS IS LIKE GRAVITY, 2011

    Hubert Czerepok, MADNESS IS LIKE GRAVITY, 2011. Neon, 200 x 190 cm
  • Hubert Czerepok, Lux Aeterna, 2011

    Hubert Czerepok, Lux Aeterna, 2011. HD-Video, 29:00 min
  • Stanisław Dróżdż, Untitled (Uncertainty-Hesitation-Certainty), 1967

    Stanisław Dróżdż, Untitled (Uncertainty-Hesitation-Certainty), 1967, from the series A4. Typoscript auf Papier, 30 x 21 cm
  • Stanisław Dróżdż, Untitled (Vergessen), 1967

    Stanisław Dróżdż, Untitled (Vergessen), 1967. Schwarzes Acryl auf Wand
  • Szymon Kobylarz, Showcase Museum, 2013

    Szymon Kobylarz, Showcase Museum, 2013, from the series Art for Art's Sake. Acryl auf Holz, 125 x 166 cm
  • Szymon Kobylarz, Artificial Rainbow, 2013

    Szymon Kobylarz, Artificial Rainbow, 2013, from the series Art for Art's Sake. Acryl auf Holz, 77 x 103 cm
  • Szymon Kobylarz, Fractal, 2013

    Szymon Kobylarz, Fractal, 2013, from the series Art for Art's Sake. Acryl auf Holz, 125 x 166 cm
  • Katarzyna Kozyra, Women are Waiting 03, 1998

    Katarzyna Kozyra, Women are Waiting 03, 1998. C-Print, 150 x 200 cm
  • Paweł Książek, Silent Utopia 15, 2013

    Paweł Książek, Silent Utopia 15, 2013, from the series Silent Utopia. Öl auf Leinwand, 160 x 120 cm
  • Paweł Książek, Figure 1, 2013

    Paweł Książek, Figure 1, 2013, from the series Figures. Öl auf Leinwand und Plexiglas, 32 x 42 x 6 cm
  • Marlena Kudlicka, I lost a minute but gained a day, 2012

    Marlena Kudlicka, I lost a minute but gained a day, 2012. Ausstellungsansicht, CGAC Santiago de Compostela, Spanien
  • Marlena Kudlicka, the weight of 8, 2013

    Marlena Kudlicka, the weight of 8, 2013, from the series the weight of 8. Installation, Größe variabel
  • Zofia Kulik, The Splendour of Myself V, 2007

    Zofia Kulik, The Splendour of Myself V, 2007. Silbergelatine-Druck, 250 x 180 cm
  • Ausstellung Zofia Kulik „Instead of Sculpture - Sequences 1968-71”, 2014

    Ausstellung Zofia Kulik „Instead of Sculpture - Sequences 1968-71”, Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA 2014, Berlin
  • Dominik Lejman, Portrait of a Philosopher (Warren Niesluchowski Front), 2012

    Dominik Lejman, Portrait of a Philosopher (Warren Niesluchowski Front), 2012. Acryl auf Leinwand und Projektion, 130 x 150 cm
  • Dominik Lejman, Bubblewrap, 2014

    Dominik Lejman, Bubblewrap, 2014. Acryl auf Leinwand und Projektion
  • Agnieszka Polska, Haroun, 2012

    Agnieszka Polska, Haroun, 2012. C-Print, 60 x 60 cm
  • Joanna Rajkowska, Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue (Holga) 02, 2010

    Joanna Rajkowska, Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue (Holga) 02, 2010. C-Print, 30 x 30 cm
  • Józef Robakowski, Multiple Portrait, 1998

    Józef Robakowski, Multiple Portrait, 1998, from the series Without series. Video-Installation
  • Józef Robakowski, From My Window 1978-1999, 2000

    Józef Robakowski, From My Window 1978-1999, 2000, from the series Without series. 16 mm-Video, 20 min
  • Natalia Stachon, Blinding 03, 2011

    Natalia Stachon, Blinding 03, 2011. 15 Kupferprofile, Rollwagen (Holz, Rollen, Farbe), 300 x 60 x 33 cm
  • VALIE EXPORT, Fragmente der Bilder einer Berührung [Obrazy kontaktu (fragmenty)], 1994

    VALIE EXPORT, Fragmente der Bilder einer Berührung [Obrazy kontaktu (fragmenty)], 1994, widok instalacji, 2013, ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin
  • Ryszard Waśko, The Accident (a police record), 1971

    Ryszard Waśko, The Accident (a police record), 1971. Silbergelatine-Druck, 64 x 97 cm
  • Ryszard Waśko, Self portrait in motion 10, 1972

    Ryszard Waśko, Self portrait in motion 10, 1972. Fotografie
  • Ryszard Waśko, A Corner 2, 1976

    Ryszard Waśko, A Corner 2, 1976. Silbergelatine-Druck, je 27 x 18 cm, Satz von 2 Fotografien
  • Katalog Hubert Czerepok: Haunebu, 2008

    Katalog Hubert Czerepok: Haunebu, 2008. Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin, 14.6.-30.8.2008
  • Katalog Jarosław Fliciński: No Matter Where it Happens, 2008

    Katalog Jarosław Fliciński: No Matter Where it Happens, 2008. Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin, 5.9.-25.10.2008
  • Katalog Katarzyna Kozyra: In Art Dreams Come True, 2008

    Katalog Katarzyna Kozyra: In Art Dreams Come True, 2008. Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin, 31.10.-10.12.2008
  • Katalog Paweł Książek: Silent Utopia, 2009

    Katalog Paweł Książek: Silent Utopia, 2009, Art Basel Statements, Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, 10.6.-14.6.2009
  • Katalog Marlena Kudlicka: the weight of 8, 2013

    Katalog Marlena Kudlicka: the weight of 8, 2013. Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin, 21.6.-14.9.2013
  • Katalog Natalia Stachon: The Problem of the Calm, 2013

    Katalog Natalia Stachon: The Problem of the Calm, 2013. Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin, 1.11.2013-11.1.2014
  • Katalog Ryszard Wasko: Time Sculptures, 2015

    Katalog Ryszard Wasko: Time Sculptures, 2015. Galerie ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin, 17.9.-7.11.2015
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