Świdziński, Jan

year and place of birth

1923, Bydgoszcz, Poland

zmarły / zmarła

2014, Warsaw, Poland

Bio

Over the period 1944–1952, he studied painting, graphics, architecture, and dance. He graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Artist of the conceptual art movement who deals with performance art, creates objects, artistic installations and videos; author of texts and books on the theory of art. He announced manifestos of contextual art.