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EXHIBITIONS
Xawery Wolski: Recent Sculptures
Xawery Wolski: Recent Sculptures
Originally from Poland, Wolski has worked in Italy, France, South Korea, Peru and Mexico and has had his work recognized in many more countries throughout the world. With a thorough knowledge of the particular issues pertinent to each place he’s made his home, he employs a primordial material, fired clay -- terra cotta --, which immediately establishes a strong link with the viewer.
“I am quite a world traveler. In Peru and Mexico I have been investigating the ancient ways of using the earth to sculpt and to build, and its complex functions (utilitarian, religious, ritualistic). My interest was to combine the pre-Columbian techniques into a contemporary sculpture, meaning that the old, ancient, anonymous expressions in art could be revalued, and the dialogue in time continues. . .”
This philosophy is illustrated in Wolski’s pieces exhibited at LongHouse Pavilion from July 29 to September 16.
This exhibition is generously supported by Cowles
Charitable Trust and Edward R. Roberts Family Foundation.
Xawery Wolski: Recent Sculpture
1. DRESS, 2000
terra cotta, silk
70 x 63 x 4”
2. CHAIN,
terracotta ( three elements )
3. TERMINUS, 2000
terra cotta, fiberglass
52 x 82 x 3.5’’
4. BIG DOUBLE CHAIN, 2001
bronze ed. 3/8
54 x 33 x 29’’
5. SPHERES, 1999-2002
bronze, (2 elements) ed. 1/5,
39’’ diameter each.
6. UNTITLED (cumy /bitas ) 2002,
terra cotta (diptych)
19 x 19 x 27 ½’’ (each)
7. FLOWER, 1998-1999
terra cotta
20 x 21.5 x 20’’
8. FLOWER –TOOTH, 1999
terracotta
17.5 x 21.5 x 21.5’’
9. FLOWER -TOOTH II, 2000
black bronze, ed 1/5
17.5 x 21.5 x 21.5’’
10. SPINE, 1998
terra cotta
88.5 x 10 x 8’’
11. SEEDS, 1996
terra cotta
15 x 8 x 3’’ (each, 10 elements)
XAWERY WOLSKI
Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1960.
Lives and works in Mexico City and New York.
EDUCATION
1980-83 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1984 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, N.Y.
1988 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
1991 Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Monumental sculpture for Art Walk, Miami One, Residential Compound, Miami, FL U.S.A.
Commission for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, South Beach, Miami, Fl. U.S.A.
2003 Monumental Sculpture for the Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2000 Commission for limited-edition sculptures for The Four Seasons Hotel, Punta Mitla, Mexico
1998 ‘Cadenas’. Public Sculpture for Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico DF, Mexico
1996 ‘Estelas’. Public Sculpture for the City of Mexico, sponsored by AFAA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Caisse des Depots, France
1994 ‘Pulmones de Barranco’. Public Sculpture for the City of Lima, Peru, sponsored by AFAA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
1993 ‘Maison en terre’. Public Sculpture for the Taejon Expo, South Korea
1990 Drawing professor, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
1985-87 Works in marble, Carrara, Italy
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2006 National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
2005 Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brasil
‘Koral Zalobny’,Galeria Stefan Szydlowski, Warsaw, Poland
Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico
2004 ‘Many Drawings’, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Tx. U.S.A.
‘Polvo/Proch/Dust’, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, Fl. U.S.A.
‘Humus’, Galeria Jorge Shirley, Lisboa, Portugal
‘Polvo/Proch/Dust’, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, Ca., U.S.A.
2003 ‘Humus’, Arthobler Gallery, Porto, Portugal (cat.)
‘Humus’, Galeria Stefan Szydlowski, Warsaw, Poland
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
‘Tattoo’, Galeria Pokaz, Warsaw, Poland (brochure)
‘Polvo/Proch’, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico (cat.)
‘Polvo/Proch’, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico (cat.)
‘Polvo/Proch’, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, Mexico (cat.)
2002 ‘Polvo/Proch’, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico D.F., Mexico (cat.)
‘Luz, Cuerpo, Materia,’ Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo, Puebla, Mexico (cat.)
Galeria Maria Martin, Madrid, Spain
‘Humano’, Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico
2001 Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, USA
‘Humano’, Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F.
2000 FIAC 2000, Paris, Galeria Maria Martin, Spain (cat.)
Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico (cat.)
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
1999 Galeria Maria Martin, Madrid, Spain
1998 Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, USA
Galeria Der Brucke, Buenos Aires, Argentina (cat.)
Galeria OMR, Mexico DF, Mexico (brochure)
1996 Museo de la Nacion, Lima, Peru (cat.)
Galeria Forum, Lima, Peru
‘Humus’, Galeria OMR, Mexico DF, Mexico (brochure)
1994 Corriente Alterna, Lima, Peru
‘Formy’, Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland
AWARDS
2000 Croix d’Argent pour le Merite et Devouement Francais au titre des Arts
1998 Mention Speciale, Prix Lacouriere, Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris
1996 ‘L’envers des Villes’, AFAA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Caisse des Depots, France
1994 Grant for an Individual Project, AFAA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
1992 FIACRE, Ministry of Culture, Paris, France
1991 ‘Sculpture Prize’ at the Bienale de Nice, France
Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York, USA
Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS
- FNAC, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- FRAC, Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Alpes Province, Cote d’Azur, France
- Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
- Worldbank, Art Program., Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
- Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland
- Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico
- Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico
- Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico
- Secretaria de Cultura, Puebla, Mexico
- Fundacion JUMEX, Mexico
- Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, Mexico
- Banco de Credito, Lima, Peru.
- University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Private collections in Poland, France, Spain, U.S.A., Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monographs
‘Xawery Wolski’, book published by UBS and Landucci Editors, Mexico D.F. 2006.
‘Nature of the work: Accumulation of a great number of chains in an enclosed space.’ Text by Xawery Wolski, Aix-en Provence, 1990.
‘’Sculptures by Xawery Wolski’. Text by Serge Fauchereau, Paris, 1992.
Transcript of conference presented at the Lyon’s space of Contemporary Art (ELAC), Lyon, France. Xawery Wolski, 1992.
‘Introduction for the cave projects’. Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993.
‘Space-Impression’, Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993
‘Observatorium I’, Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland. Xawery Wolski 1992
‘Observatorium II (Cave), Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993
‘ Projection’, Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993
‘The Golden Pavillion’, Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993
‘The ancestor’s room’, Xawery Wolski, 1993
‘Corridor-Tunnel, Earth Passage, Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993
‘The clay square’ (Homage to Malevitch), Xawery Wolski,Paris, 1993
‘Earth House’, Xawery Wolski, Paris, 1993
‘Cave!’, Text by Serge Fauchereau, Paris 1996
‘Xawery Wolski: Memory of Clay’. Text by Antonio Zaya, Platja d’Aro, 2004
‘Love Letter’ Nadiejda Maldestam, 1938
‘Fragments and seeds of a body of earth: some thoughts on Xawery Wolski’s work. Text by Fernando Castro Florez, Madrid, 2003
‘Report on the Urban project for Mexico City ‘ The other sites of cities’. Xawery Wolski, 1997, Mexico
‘Humus’, catalogue. ‘El Humus’. Text by Jaime Moreno Villareal and Miguel Cervantes. Arthobler Gallery and Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. Porto, Portugal, Nov. 2003.
‘Tatuaze’, exhibition brochure. Text by Elzbieta Dzikowska, Galeria Pokaz, Warsaw, Poland, 2003.
‘Polvo/Proch’, catalogue. ‘Fragmentos y Semillas de un cuerpo de tierra. Consideraciones en torno a la obra de Xawery Wolski’. Text by Fernando Castro Florez. ‘El pajaro transparente’., Text by
Mario Bellatin. ‘Polvo/Proch’., Text by Sylvia Navarrete. Conaculta, INBA.; Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil; Centro de las Artes, Conarte; Museo de Arte de Zapopan; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca; Amigos del Museo, A.C. Mexico, 2002 - 2003.
‘Polvo/Proch’. exhibition brochure. ‘Polvo/Proch’, Xawery Wolski. Text by Sylvia Navarrete. Conaculta, INBA., Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Galeria O.M.R., Mexico, 2002.
‘Luz, Cuerpo, Materia’, catalogue. ‘La materia transparente, Xawery Wolski.’ Text by Pedro Angel Palou Garcia. ‘El barro que habla’. Text by Antonio Zaya. Secretaria de Cultura Puebla y Conaculta. Mexico, 2002.
‘Tattoo’, catalogue. Text by Osvaldo Sanchez. Fundacion Bancomer y Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico 2002.
‘El Arte que viene, the Art to come’, book edited by Paco Barragan. Subastas Siglo XXI, Madrid, Spain.
‘Xawery Wolski’, catalogue. Text by Antonio Zaya. Galería Emma Molina. Monterrey, México. March, 2000.
‘Xawery Wolski’, Texts by Elena Poniatowska, Miguel Cervantes and Jaime Moreno Villarreal. Museo Rufino Tamayo/Americo Arte Editores, Landucci Editors. Milano 1999.
‘Forging Space’ 20th Century Wrought Iron Sculpture’, catalogue. Text by Serge Fauchereau. Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Canarias Islands, Spain. IVAM, Valencia, Spain y Musee des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle., Calais, France 1999.
‘El Humus’, catalogue. Text by Jaime Moreno Villareal and Miguel Cervantes. Der Brucke Editors, Buenos Aires, Argentina Noviembre, 1998.
‘Selections Spring ’98’, exhibition brochure, Text by Xawery Wolski, The Drawing Center, New York, Feb. 21-March 28, 1998
‘Sous le manteau’, exhibition catalogue. Text by Xawery Wolski, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France, 1997
‘Luz, Cuerpo, Materia’, catalogue. Texts by Paulo Herkenhoff, Caroline Smulders and Jorge Villacorta Chávez. Museo de la Nación, Lima, Peru, 1996
‘Mostra da Gravura’, catalogue. Text by Xawery Wolski, Museo Municipal de Arte, Curitiba, Brasil, 1995
‘Projects from Peru’, catalogue. Text by Jorge Villacorta Chávez. Centro Cultural Chávez de la Rosa. Arequipa,Peru July-Agust, 1995.
‘Formy’, catalogue. Interview with Elzbieta Dzikowska, Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 18- Dec. 11, 1994
‘Devant Le futur’ , catalogue. Text by Xawery Wolski. Seoul Museum, South Korea, Institute des Hautes Etudes en Art Plastiques, Paris, 1993.
Sculptures by Xawery Wolski, brochure. Text by Serge Fauchereau, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1992
Interview with Maria Morzuch, catalogue. ‘Museum Sztuki, Lodz 1931-1992 Collection- Documentation- Actualite’, may 8-sept 27 1992. Musee d’Art Contemporain de Lyon et ELAC, Lyon, France
‘Parcours Prives’, catálogue, Text by Elvan Zabunyan. Parcours Prives- Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Paris, France, 1991
Xawery Wolski, brochure. Text by Caroline Smulders. Galerie Caroline Serrero, Marselle, France, 1991
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