Tomasz Sikorski Collection on the Biennial of Spatial Forms in Elbląg

The collection stores about 250 photos made by Tomasz Sikorski during the Fifth Biennial of Spatial Forms known as Kino Laboratorium (Cinema Laboratory), in 1973. The pictures documented the 1973’s sculptures, objects, and performances, as well as artworks created in the earlier years. There are also some photos from 1972 when Sikorski came to Elbląg to document the preparations for the event. The Biennial, organized in Elbląg from 1965, was one of the crucial neo-avantgarde events in Poland. Cinema Laboratory was the last edition of Biennial in Elbląg; soon after its end Gerard Blum-Kwiatkowski, initiator and founder of the event, moved abroad to Germany.

Location:
- Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
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Date of founding:
- 1972
Featured items:
- Antoni Starczewski 's Spatial Form in Elbląg, photo.
- Christian Wabl's Mural "Do ludzi" in Elbląg, photo.

Vincas Kisarauskas Collection

The Vincas Kisarauskas collection shows documents relating to the creative work and life of the famous Lithuanian painter Vincas Kisarauskas. He is a well-known proponent of the Lithuanian school of ex-libris, and the collection contains originals of his works.

Location:
- 10102 Vilnius O. Milašiaus gatvė 19 , Lithuania
Topics:
- avant-garde, neo-avant-garde
- visual arts
Date of founding:
- 1970
Featured items:
- Painting "Zodiako dvyniai" (Zodiac twins)

Wojciech Zamecznik Collection at Archeology of Photography Foundation

Wojciech Zamecznik's collection represents the early stage of Polish school of poster design. Zamecznik himself has an interesting biography - ex-Auschwitz prisoner, active member of Association of Polish Artists and Designers, who created posters for artistic and political purposes. The collection shows the tension between the official language of socialist posters and private photographs, more intimate and portraying the everyday life.

Zbigniew Dłubak Collection at Archeology of Photography Foundation

Zbigniew Dłubak collection consists of photographs, sketches, and notes, and was one of the first collections to be digitalized, catalogued, and managed by the Archeology of Photography Foundation. The objective of the Foundation was twofold. Firstly, the Foundation aimed to present the heritage of one of the most prominent Polish visual artist working in the socialist time without oversimplifying and putting him into official – dissent culture dichotomy, but to show his place in the wider context of European visual arts. Secondly, the Foundation digitalized and presented various parts of Dłubak’s collection using newest methods of archival preservation and created a fully researchable content. Part of the photographs included in the Dłubak's collection was never shown before to a wider public and was kept in the Dłubak’s private archive.

Location:
- Warszawa Chłodna 20, Poland
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Date of founding:
- 2008
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Zbigniew Libera Archive

Zbigniew Libera is one of the most renown Polish visual artists. He is considered to be the key figure of the Polish „critical art” of the 1990s and a pioneer of video art, which he had created since the early 1980s. Libera’s archive comprises materials from his childhood and youth (until 1991). These include notes, drawings, documents, photographs and video recordings, as well as his early edited works from the time when he participated in the Pitch-in Culture artistic milieu in Łódź.

Location:
- Warszawa Pańska 3, Poland
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Date of founding:
- 1959
Featured items:
- Intimate Rites and Mystical Perseverance, Z. Libera, art videos
- Untitled (Hommage À Gawron), Z. Libera, photo series