Karol Broniatowski (b. 1945, Lodz), Standing, 1997

Exhibited
Karol Broniatowski. Works from 1969-1999, Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, March 1-28, 1999.

Literature
Karol Broniatowski, Works from 1969-1999, Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw 1999, p.52 (il.).

Biography
Studied since 1964 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with Professor Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, graduated in 1970. Creates mainly sculptures of human figures from newsprint. In 1969-1974, he created three groups of about 50 figures each: walking male nudes and standing female nudes with arms crossed over the head. In 1972, he presented newsprint figures at the XXXVI Venice Biennale, the Sao Paulo Biennale, as well as in Philadelphia, Paris, Mannheim and galleries in New York, Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels. Thanks to a DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) scholarship, he moved to Berlin in 1976, Karol Broniatowski participated in many monument competitions. In 1991, he created the "Monument to the Deported Jews of Berlin at Berlin-Grunewald Station" in the form of a 20-meter-long block of concrete with indented silhouettes of people. In 1996, commissioned by the LGT Bank in Liechtenstein, he created "The Foot of Bendern," a 5.15-meter-high bronze sculpture depicting a foot fragment of an invisible giant. He also works in printmaking and drawing.