Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
on the reverse a sticker with a handwritten description of the work: 'Ewa Kuryluk | 7. Selbstbildnis | [annotated in another color] Self-portrait with cigarette | 1975 | Acrylic [annotated in another color] 100 x 100 cm'.
Exhibited
Ewa Kuryluk, 'Don't Dream of Love, Kuryluk. Painting of Ewa Kuryluk 1967-78", National Museum in Cracow, Cracow 2016
Ewa Kuryluk, "Horse in Gliwice. Installations, painting, self-photography," Art Reading Room, Gliwice, October-November 2011.
"Ewa Kuryluk: installations, auto-photography, painting," BWA-Dizajn Gallery, Wrocław, March-April 2011.
Literature
Do not dream of love, Kuryluk. Painting by Ewa Kuryluk 1967-78, exhibition catalog, National Museum in Krakow, Krakow 2016, p.74 (il.).
Ewa Kuryluk. Obrysować cień. 1968-1978. paintings, Design-BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Art Reading Room, Gliwice, Artemis Art Gallery, Krakow, 2011, p.54 (il.).
Ewa Kuryluk. Kangaroo with a camera, 1959-2009. Self-photography, Artemis Art Gallery, ART+ON, Modern Art Gallery of the Rempex Auction House, Krakow / Warsaw 2009, p.101 (il.).
Biography
Art historian, painter, illustrator, author of art installations, essayist, writer. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1970. She completed her studies in painting and art history in Cracow. Co-founder of the Smietanka group and the O improvement movement. Her most famous works are drawings on cotton and silk scarves, which the artist hangs and draps in various places to create unique installations. For several years the artist has also been weaving into her drawings fragments of texts, often from her prose, emphasizing the unity of all the projects she undertakes: scientific, writing and visual arts. The artist's prose achievements include two innovative novels: "Age 21 "(written in English, published in Poland in 1995) and "Grand Hotel Oriental."
