Artur Zmijevski, Sculpture Plein-air, Swiecie, 2009
For Sculpture Plein-air, Swiecie, Artur Zmijewski invited artists and steel workers to collaborate to create art. The seven artists are active in different parts of Poland and the workers are from the small town of Swiecie, which is far removed from the contemporary art scene. Zmijewski asked them to create public artworks together, aided by material, tools and workshops provided by the company that sponsored the project. The idea was based on similar collaborations that took place in the Polish city of Elblag in the 1960s, when artists and workers were united in a shared belief in a classless society and an alliance between artistic creation and industrial work.
Artur Zmijewski stages social experiments in which he invites people – often marginalised and vulnerable – of different nationalities, religions and ideologies to express themselves together.
Born in 1966, Artur Zmijewski works in Warsaw, Poland.
Sculpture Plein-air, Swiecie
10-21 February