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Pawel Althamer
Pawel Althamer in 2019
Born (1967-05-12) May 12, 1967 (age 59)
Warsaw
EducationWarsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Known forsculpture, video art
AwardsVincent Award (2004)
KAIROS Prize (2013)
Order of Polonia Restituta (2015)
Burłacy, 2012, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Althamer's A Boat and a Wetsuit, 2010. Permanent collection of the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw

Paweł Althamer (born 12 May 1967, Warsaw) is a Polish sculptor, performer, collaborative artist and creator of installations, and video art.[1]

Life and work

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In the years 1988–1993, he studied sculpture at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.[2] Beginning in the mid-1990s he collaborated with the Foksal Gallery in Warsaw. In 2000, he participated in Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2004, he won the Vincent Award from the Broere Charitable Foundation in the Netherlands.[citation needed]

Althamer's series of sculptures "The Venetians" was exhibited in the arsenale section of the 2013 Venice Biennale.[3] Also in 2013, he took part in Performa 13 presenting Biba Performa where he collaborated with multiple artists. In 2015, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his artistic achievements.[4]

He is represented by Neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw.[5] His solo exhibitions include Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London,[6] Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin,[7] Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris[8] New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York,[9] and Helsinki Art Museum.[10]

Further reading

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  • Paula Van Den Bosch and others, Pawel Althamer: The Vincent Award 2004, Hatje Cantz (2005) ISBN 3-7757-1556-8
  • Pawel Althamer: Espace 315, Centre Georges Pompidou Service Commercial (2006), ISBN 2-84426-303-8 - see also
  • Common Task, Pawel Althamer, Modern Art Oxford (2009), edited by Suzanne Cotter, co-edited and designed by Åbäke, printed in Brodno, Poland.
  • Pawel Althamer, by Adam Szymczyk, Suzanne Cotter and Roman Kurzmeyer, Phaidon Press (2011) ISBN 978-0-7148-6085-5
  • Pawel Althamer - I (am), by Satu Metsola, Pirkko Siitari and Sanna Tuulikangas, Parvs (2019) ISBN 978-952-7226-40-7

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "They live among us: sculptures of Paweł Althamer inhabit our cities". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Paweł Althamer". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  3. ↑ "Pawel Althamer casts his collaborators at Venice | art | Phaidon".
  4. ↑ "M.P. 2015 poz. 851". Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. ↑ Althamer, Pawel. "Top Ten, Pawel Althamer". Artforum. Artforum. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Double Agent". Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  7. ↑ "Paweł Althamer: Almech". Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  8. ↑ "Centre Pompidou Presents Pawel Althame". Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  9. ↑ "PAWEŁ ALTHAMER: THE NEIGHBORS". Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  10. ↑ "Internationally acclaimed Polish artist to open show in Scandinavia". Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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