Collection
Works and documentation in collections (selection)
Stanisław Dróżdż’s works pose specific challenges for collectors because, as works of concrete poetry, they possess a material dimension and not merely an intellectual one, as in the case of traditional poetry. Much more important than in “ordinary” poems – indeed inseparable from them – is the visual recording of the text, which is sometimes radically reduced: often to a single word, and at times even to a question mark, exclamation mark, full stop or comma. The same work may function within exhibition space in different display versions: as an enlarged photograph of a typescript, a board with text handwritten on Bristol board, a PVC or aluminium panel with text designed and printed digitally, or a version composed of foil letters affixed directly to the wall. In the latter case, the work in its material form effectively ceases to exist once the exhibition has ended. Various exhibition forms from different years have nevertheless been preserved in diverse technical versions. The same work, such as Hourglass or the frequently exhibited spatial work between, may exist in several sizes and in different collections.
A. Works:
- Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław
- Dolnośląskie Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych, Wrocław
- Muzeum Narodowe, Wrocław
- Kolekcja Grażyny i Jacka Łozowskich, Wrocław
- Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warszawa
- Galeria Foksal, Warszawa
- Galeria Propaganda, Warszawa
- Galeria Starmach, Kraków?
- MOCAK Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej, Kraków
- Galeria Potocka, Kraków
- Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź
- Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Sławkowie
- Muzeum Górnośląskie, Bytom
- Fundacja Dla Śląska, Katowice
- Galeria El, Elbląg
- Lubelskie Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych, Lublin
- Galeria 72, Chełm
- Schwarz Galeria d’Arte, Mediolan
- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld
- Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt
- Nowa Hala Targów w Lipsku, Lipsk
- Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, Floryda
B. Documentation:
- Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław
- Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warszawa
- Signal - International Review for Signalist Research, Belgrad
- Centre d’Art, Lyon
- Żywe Archiwum, Galeria Foksal, Warszawa
- The Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- The Benneville Pines, Angelus Oaks, USA
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
- Centro de Arte y Communication, Buenos Aires
- Uniwersytet w Amsterdamie, Wydział Slawistyki
- Galeria Propaganda, Warszawa