INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
Wacław Szpakowski (1883–1973). Linie rytmiczne
(Rhythmical Lines)
The first exhibition of Wacław Szpakowski’s drawings. Organized on the initiative of his daughter Anna, curated by Janusz Zagrodzki who also edited the exhibition catalogue, presenting Szpakowski as a pioneer of Polish avant-garde and precursor of Geometrical Abstraction, Minimal Art and Op Art. 1978 Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi (Art Museum in Łódź) 1979 Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu (Museum of Architecture in Wrocław).
Wacław Szpakowski (1883–1973). The Infinity of the Line
The monographic exhibition curated by Janusz Zagrodzki was accompanied by a catalogue with texts in five languages (Dutch, German, Polish, English, and French). It was shown in Belgium, Germany, and Poland.
1992 Galeria Atelier 340 in Brussels
1993 Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1993 Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (National Museum in Warsaw)
1994 Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki (Baltic Gallery of Art), Ustka, Poland
1994 Galeria Awangarda BWA, Wrocław, Poland
1997 Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
1997 Galeria Willa, Łódź, Poland
1998 Galeria Stara BWA, Lublin, Poland.
1997 Session devoted to the work of Wacław Szpakowski organized at the Polish Center in Ottawa, Canada by the Association of Polish Engineers.
Wacław Szpakowski (1883–1973)
The exhibition featured twelve drawings by Szpakowski from the collections of Hendrik A. Berinson and the artist’s family 2015 Galerie Berinson, Berlin.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1979–1992
Exhibitions prepared by the Museum of Art in Łódź:
1979 Polish Photography 1839–1979, International Center of Photography, New York
1983 Présences Polonaises, l’art vivant autour du Musée de Lodz, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
1989 Konstruktivizmus Lengyelországban (Polish Construktivism), Magyar Nemzeti Galériá (National Gallery), Budapest, Hungary
1991 Kolekcja sztuki XX wieku w Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi (20th-Century Art in the Collection of the Museum of Art in Łódż), CBWA Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw
1992 Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi 1931–1992 (Museum of Art In Łódż 1931–1992), Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon. 1996 –2015
1996 Vonal, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
1999 Niekończąca się linia (Neverending Line), Muzeum Sztuki Reduktywnej, Świeradów Zdrój, Poland
1999 Multimedialna kolekcja Galerii Wymiany Józefa Robakowskiego (Multimedia Art in the Collection of Józef Robakowski’s Galeria Wymiany – Exchange Gallery), BWA Zielona Góra, Poland
2000 Autoportrety (Self-Portraits), BWA – Galeria Grodzka, Lublin, Poland
2001 Postawy – szczególne powołanie artysty (Attitudes. The Artist’s Special Vocation), BWA – Galeria Grodzka, Lublin, Poland
2002 Europe – Concrete – Reductiv, Hünfeld, Germany
2003 Europe – Concrete – Reductiv, Museum of Architecture in Wrocław, Poland
2003 Labirynth – Labirynt 2 Gallery Presents Contemporary Polish Art, UH Galleries – Art and Design Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England
2004 Labirynth – Labirynt 2 Gallery Presents Contemporary Polish Art, Folly Gallery, Lancaster, England
2004 Labirynt – Galeria Labirynt 2 prezentuje współczesną sztukę polską, BWA – Galeria Stara, Lublin, Poland
2006 Les Avant-gardes polonaises. Dialogues historiques depuis Malévitch, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
2006 The Intelligible Non-Violent Art, Atlas Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2006 Fotoobrazy. Gest plastyczny w fotografii (Photoimages. Plastic Gesture in Photography) Museum of Art in Łódź, Poland
2007 The Intelligible Non-Violent Art, Kunststation, Kleinsassen, Hofbieber-Kleinsassen, Germany
2007 The Intelligible Non-Violent Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2007 Prawie 100 lat sztuki awangardowej w Polsce – medium: fotografia (Almost a Century of Avant-Garde Art in Poland) Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Radomiu (Contemporary Art Museum in Radom)
2011 Ornamentika – szerialitás / Ornament – Seriality, Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest
2012 Front Wschodni (Eastern Front), Atlas Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2012 Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925, Museum of Modern Art, New York
FILMS ON WACŁAW SZPAKOWSKI’S WORK
1992 Nieskończoność linii – Wacław Szpakowski (Infinity of the Line – Wacław Szpakowski) film, directed by Józef Robakowski, written by Janusz Zagrodzki, music by Zbigniew Bargielski, 12 min. (featuring the musical interpretation of eight drawings: A6, A12, B5, B9, C1, D9, F2, F5).
1992 Maciej Walczak, Klip dla Wacława Szpakowskiego, (Clip for Wacław Szpakowski), film 3.20 min., produced by the artist, collection of Galeria Wymiany (Exchange Gallery).
WORKS OF OTHER ARTISTS DEDICATED TO WACŁAW SZPAKOWSKI
1998 Beat Zoderer, wall installation in homage to Wacław Szpakowski, wool, nails drawn into the wall, 236 x 236 cm, Galerie Sztuki Współczesnej BWA Wrocław – Awangarda Gallery
2004 Jerzy Olek, Bezwymiar iluzji. Mapy rozmaitości, (Non-Dimensional Illusion), City Museum of Wrocław – City Arsenal, exhibition dedicated to Theo van Doesburg, Wacław Szpakowski, Sol LeWitt and Zdzisław Jurkiewicz
2006 Michał Jakubowicz, Między liniami (Between the lines), exhibition and performance dedicated to Wacław Szpakowski, 2 Piętro Gallery, Wrocław
2013 Kama Wybieralska and Katarzyna Zmyślona, design for the monument to the popular actor Aleksander Żabczyński (1900–1958) in Warsaw (located in the centre of a rondo in the district of Mokotów) – assembled of sheets of perforated steel inspired by the work of Wacław Szpakowski
2009/2010 Andrzej Burmecha, Prezentacja artysty – Wacław Szpakowski (Presenting the Artist – Wacław Szpakowski), animation of Szpakowski’s F3 drawing, Państwowa
Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa, Głogów, Poland.
PROJECT (UNREALIZED) COMMEMORATING WACŁAW SZPAKOWSKI
1997 Professor Olgierd Czerner, then Director of the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław, in connection with the ongoing work on the replacement of the pavement of the city’s Market Square put forward in the local press the idea of having one of Szpakowski’s “infinite lines” rendered as a pavement mosaic in its western section. It would have made a splendid view from the viewing platform in the tower of St Elizabeth’s Church adjoining Market Square. Unfortunately, this interesting idea never materialized.
Compiled by Barbara Baworowska (ed. EŁ)