Jerzy Bereś Estate
Jerzy Bereś was born in 1930, died in 2012. Studied at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts (1950–1955). He lived and worked in Krakow, Poland.
Works in collections
National Museum in Kraków, PL
National Museum in Warsaw, PL
National Museum in Wrocław, PL
National Museum in Łódź, PL
National Museum in Poznań, PL
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
Stedelijk Museum, NL
Kunstmuseum Bochum, DE
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, SV
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburgu, DE
Oxford Museum of Modern Art, UK
Jerzy Bereś
Altar of Boredom, 1976-1977
wood, two glass bottles, stones, acrylic
135 × 65 × 26 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Altar of Boredom, 1976-1977
wood, two glass bottles, stones, acrylic
135 × 65 × 26 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Spring Altar, 1974
wood, acrylic, stones, hemp rope, steel frying pan, cotton wool, soil
166 × 140 × 70 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Spring Altar, 1974
wood, acrylic, stones, hemp rope, steel frying pan, cotton wool, soil
166 × 140 × 70 cm
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Cross, 1968/83
wood, hemp rope, stones, fabric, acrylic
250 × 190 × 210 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Cross, 1968/83
wood, hemp rope, stones, fabric, acrylic
250 × 190 × 210 cm
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The Blues, 1974/1975
wood, glass milk bottle, wine bottle, rope, horseshoe nails, acrylic
107 × 160 × 190 cm
Jerzy Bereś
The Blues, 1974/1975
wood, glass milk bottle, wine bottle, rope, horseshoe nails, acrylic
107 × 160 × 190 cm
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Fear, 1973
wood, hemp rope, bell, acrylic
216 × 104 × 66 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Fear, 1973
wood, hemp rope, bell, acrylic
216 × 104 × 66 cm
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Ethical Sokha, 1991-1992
wood, rope, fabric, acrylic
300 × 190 × 390 cm
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Ethical Sokha, 1991-1992
wood, rope, fabric, acrylic
300 × 190 × 390 cm
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Ymbol, 1987
wood, hemp rope, acrylic
270 × 240 × 180 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Ymbol, 1987
wood, hemp rope, acrylic
270 × 240 × 180 cm
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Grip, 1989
wood, hemp rope, acrylic
261 × 48 × 205 cm
Jerzy Bereś
Grip, 1989
wood, hemp rope, acrylic
261 × 48 × 205 cm
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
- Bereś, Cricoteka, Kraków, PL
2022
- Sculptures of Wood, Dawid Radziszewski Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2006
- Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Kraków, PL
1972
- Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje, SE
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK
1971
- Kunstmuseum, Bochum, DE
1966
- Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
1964
- Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
- Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2024
- Host, Dawid Radziszewski Gallery, Vienna, AT
2018
- Jerzy Bereś, Tomasz Mróz, Dawid Radziszewski Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2009
- Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe, MUMOK, Vienna, AT
2000
- The Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, SV
1999
- Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979, MOCA Los Angeles, USA
1998
- Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979, Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, JP
- Body and the East, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, SV
1994
- Klasycy współczesności, National Museum in Warsaw, PL
- Europa, Europa: Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel- und Osteuropa, National Museum, Bonn, DE
1988
- Art at the Edge, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
- Expressiv. Central European Art since 1960, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA
1987
- Expressiv. Central European Art since 1960, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, AT
1983
- Présences polonaises, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
1979
- An Own-Portrait of the Polish People, National Museum in Kraków, PL
1977
- 22 polinische Künstler aus dem Besitz des Muzeum sztuki Łódź, Kölnischer Kunstverein, DE
1975
- Romanticism and Romanticism in Polish art of the 19th and 20th centuries, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
1974
- Polnische Gegenwarts Kunst 1945–1973, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE
- Polnische Gegenwarts Kunst 1945–1973, Kunsthaus Hamburg, DE
1967/68
- 9th Biennale in Sao Paulo, BR
Selected Performative Actions
2012
- Toast II, Contexts. II Ephemeral Art Festival, Sokołowsko, PL
1999
- Scream, Museum of Sandomierz, Sandomierz, PL
1995
- Monument Vivant, Gallery Le Lieu, Quebec, CA
- The Last Dispute with Marcel Duchamp, Gallery Language Plus, Alma, 1997 – Challenge IV. Battle with Utopia,Gallery Manhattan, Łódź, PL
1994
- Challenge, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
- Challenge II, Gallery BWA, Lublin, PL
1993
- Polish Erotic, National Museum in Warsaw, PL
- Presentation of the Living Monument, BWA Gallery, Wrocław, PL
1991
- A Dispute with Ignacy Witkiewicz, BWA Gallery, Koszalin, PL
- A Dispute with Marcel Duchamp, Kunstmuseum Bochum, DE
- A Dialogue with Tadeusz Kantor, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
1990
- A Dispute with Marcel Duchamp, Center for Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, PL
1989
- Shame, Centre for Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL
1988
- A Dialogue with Marcel Duchamp, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
- An image from Poland, Slaughterhouse Gallery, London, UK
1986
- Lecture: The Dispute II, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Picture of Poland, Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw, PL
1984
- Lecture: The Dispute, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL
1983
- Art and Reality, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Mass Reflection II, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
1981
- Clean Work, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
- A Dialogue with Marcel Duchamp, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Romantic Manifestation, Main square in Kraków, PL
- Image, Musical Academy, Krakow, PL
1979
- Work and Word, Kapel Haus van Bewaring Amsterdam, NL
- Mystery, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, the Academy Gallery in Liverpool, Cotes Watermill in Loughborough, Fine Art Dept. University of Technology, Wolverhampton, Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Kennington Oval House in London, UK
- Opus, Third Eye Center, Glasgow, UK
1978
- Philosopher’s Stone, Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Art Mass, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
- Mass Romantic, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
1977
- Culture Ritual, Student Club Riviera Remont, Warsaw, PL
- Life’s Work, Gallery STU, Kraków, PL
- Art Mass, Pod Jaszczurami Club, Kraków, PL
1976
- Bonfire of Art, BWA Gallery, Koszalin, PL
- Altar Sculpture, BWA Gallery, Kraków, PL
- Sincerity Ritual, Na Piętrze Gallery, Łódź, PL
- Existential Ritual, Community centre, Lublin, PL
- Altar of Time, Castle in Świdwin, PL
1975
- Reflective Mass, Szadkowski’s Metalwork Factory, Kraków, PL
- Erotic Altar, Kawiarnia Klubu Plastyków, Kraków, PL
- Funny Altar, Labirynth Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Honorary Round, Old Town Square in Zamość, PL
1974
- Wooden Pathway, Gruga Park, Essen, DE
- A Beautiful Altar, A Clean Altar, BWA Gallery, Wrocław, PL
- Face Altar, Studio Gallery, Warsaw, PL
1973
- Transfiguration II, Desa, Kraków, PL
- Transfiguration III. Altar, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Bid, Pi Gallery, Kraków, PL
1972
- Bread Painted in Color, Poetry Bureau Andrzej Partum, Warsaw, PL
- Transfiguration I, Art Center, Södertälje, SE
1968
- Oracle, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Oracle II, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
- Bread Painted Black, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków, PL
gallery exhibitions
- Host 23.05–29.06.2024
- Jerzy Bereś, Sculptures of Wood 10.06–30.07.2022
- Jerzy Bereś, Tomasz Mróz 24.11.2018–12.01.2019