Lech stangret tadeusz kantor biography
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Maria Stangert was born on 29 July 1929 in Strzelce Wielkie, near Kraków, Poland. She worked in different media, focusing on painting and it’s relations with objects.
She had studied painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. She was a member of Grupa Krakowska II art group. In 1957 she got involved in the work of Cricot 2 theatre, at it very early stage, beginning with a play called Cyrk. She was involved in nearly all projects developed by Cricot 2 ever since.
In 1961 she married Tadeusz Kantor. The same as him, she was closely involved in Krzysztofory Gallery in Kraków, and Foksal Gallery in Warsaw. She took part in his numerous happenings (such as Cricotage, 1965, La Grand Emballage, 1966, Panoramic Sea Happening, 1967).
Her first exhibition opened in 1963 in Brinken Gallery in Stockholm. Since that day she took part in numerous exhibitions in Poland and internationally, including solo shows at National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Kyiv, Zachęt
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Tadeusz Kantor
Tadeusz Kantor (6 April 1915, Wielopole Skrzyńskie - 8 månad 1990, Kraków) was a Polish artist and theatre director. Scope of his vast oeuvre covered different fields of art, from painting, set design, installation, through theatre and happening art, to conceptual works. Key concepts of his art were simultaneously realised in works of different genres. Tadeusz Kantor was a pionjär in happening art in Poland (Cricotage 1965, Panoramic Sea Happening 1967, An Anatomy lektion after Rembrandt 1968). He was deeply involved in the activities of Foksal Gallery in Warsaw. His theatre works, created with Cricot2 theatre, brought him international success, with the eponymous The Dead Class (1975) as the most notable example. He collaborated, for example, with the sculptor and performance artist Jerzy Bereś.
- Literature
- Tadeusz Kantor. A Journey Through Other Spaces: Essays and Manifestos, 1944-1990, ed. & trans. Michał Kobiałka, University of California P