Dimensions: 120 x 70 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Urszula Broll-Urbanowicz | Katowice-Klonowa 18| tit: 'passy' | dimension: 70 x 120 | year: 1962'
Exhibited
"Urszula Broll - Andrzej Urbanowicz: a dangerous relationship," Museum of the History of Katowice, Katowice, 10.04-17.05.2015
"Urszula Broll. Atman means Breath", Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia, Warsaw, 23.06-27.09.2020; Karkonosze Museum in Jelenia Góra, 21.05-25.07.2021; Bielska Galeria BWA, Bielsko-Biala, 21.01-20.02.2022
Literature
Urszula Broll - Andrzej Urbanowicz: dangerous relationships, exhibition catalog, [ed.] Aleksandra Niesyto, Museum of the History of Katowice, Katowice 2015 (ill.)
From Malevich to Strzeminski, exhibition catalog, [ed.] Janusz Zagrodzki, Mazovian Center for Contemporary Art, Radom 2017, cat. no. 54 (ill.)
Urszula Broll. Atman means Breath, exhibition catalog, [ed.] Janina Hobgarska, Katarzyna Kucharska, Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia, Warsaw 2020, pp. 174-175 (il.), 356 (list of works)
Biography
Graduated from the Cracow branch of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. In 1953 she co-founded the ST-53 group and participated in all the group's exhibitions during its existence. In the 1950s she was inspired by the art of W. Strzeminski and P. Mondrian. Her later art was constituted in contact with the philosophy of Buddhism and Zen. She was associated with the neo-avant-garde movement and the Crooked Circle Gallery in Warsaw. Since 1967 she participated in the activities of the Oneiron circle, which she co-founded. Since 1983 she has lived in a Buddhist colony in Przesieka near Jelenia Gora.
