Catalogue 'Parts: Zofia Glazer-Rudzińska'

We are pleased to present Parts: Zofia Glazer-Rudzińska, a book published by the Arton Foundation in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. This bilingual Polish-English publication is the first monographic study of Zofia Glazer-Rudzińska’s artistic practice. The book accompanies an exhibition organized as part of the “Curatorial Workshop” course at the Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, under the supervision of Dr. Marika Kuźmicz. The publication includes 20 essays that explore the life and work of Zofia Glazer-Rudzińska from a variety of perspectives. The artworks and archival materials reproduced in the book come from the artist’s private archive.

Zofia Glazer-Rudzińska (1950–2017)
Painter, printmaker, draughtswoman, and author of spatial forms and bibliophile editions of poetry. A graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, she completed her diploma with distinction in the lithography studio in 1974. From 1975 onward, she was affiliated with her alma mater, where she progressed through all stages of an academic career – from assistant to Professor Jerzy Tchórzewski to full professor (1997). Between 1996 and 1999, she served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sculpture, and from 1995 to 2017, she headed the Drawing Studio at the same faculty. She also taught drawing at the State Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1990–1992). She created numerous series of lithographs, including Crabs, Cathedral, Learning to Fly, Portraits, Salon and Landscape. Her black-and-white lithographs featuring hand motifs were distinguished by their intuitive formal power. Glazer-Rudzińska produced several bibliophile editions, illustrating poetry by Dylan Thomas, Paul Éluard, T.S. Eliot, Józef Baran and Anna Kamieńska. An active participant in both artistic and academic life, she was a long-standing juror for the National Competition for Art Schools. She enjoyed great respect among students and within the academic community.

Parts: Zofia Glazer-Rudzińska

Texts:
Laura Byśkiniewicz, Maja Beczek, Aneta Dmochowska, Julia Kaptacz, Urszula Kordasiewicz, Gabriela Kowalczyk, Martyna Krawcewicz, dr Marika Kuźmicz, Maja Lizak, Marta Milewska, Ewa Mirończuk, dr hab. Luiza Nader, Milana Pepenina, Maja Romanowska, Janka Stelmaszyk, Natalia Stępniak, Wiktoria Szlagowska, Angelika Woźniak, Ruta Zielińska, Anna Ziółek

Editor: Dr. Marika Kuźmicz
Collaboration: Adam Parol
Copy-editing: Anastazja Oleśkiewicz
Translation: Karol Waniek
Graphic design: Gabriela Cholewińska, Adam Parol
Reproductions: Alexander Kot-Zaitsaŭ, Dariusz Mikołajczak

Subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund – a state purpose fund.
Project partner: Society of Authors ZAIKS. Co-funded by the Creativity Promotion Fund.

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