1898, Lawton, United States – 1976, New York, United States
Red Polygon, 1961
Metal, red flat oil paint
Mobile sculpture with variable dimensions
Acquisition: Donated by the artist, 1964
Reference: 00999
In 1964 Boris Petkovski, the first director of the MoCA Skopje, addressed Calder, and in the letter, he stated a request to receive his work as a gift to newly established Museum of Contemporary Art. The answer came promptly and included in it was the artist’s wish to meet and choose the work in person. At their meeting in Calder’s atelier in Saché, village in France, Calder’s decision was to donate one of his mobiles. Additionally, surprised by the modesty of Boris Petkovski, the artist decided to donate another work, a gouache which he dedicated to the city of Skopje.
Biography
Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static “stabiles”, and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, “Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn’t be broadcast to other people.”
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1927, New York, USA
Portrait Of A Poet, Kenneth Koch 1970
lithograph on paper, 760 х 560 mm
Edition: 170 / 200; inscription: b.l. Alex Katz; b.r. 170/200
Acquisition: Donation
Reference: 02872
1943, Piotrkow, Poland
New York Faces 3 – 18, 1980/1981
Series of 18 photographs, ink-jet print on HP perforated paper, each 40 x 32,5 cm
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference Numbers: 02943 – 02960
Biography
Tadeusz Mysłowski is a Polish painter, graphic artist, photographer. He was born in Piotrków near Lublin, where he lived until the 1960s. Then his family moved to Lublin . A graduate of the High School of Fine Arts in Lublin and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow . He first showed his work in Paris , at an exhibition at the Lambert gallery . In 1970, he emigrated to New York City. His works are in the collections of MoMA in New York, National Museum in Warsaw. In 2010, Jerzy Jacek Bojarski made a film about Tadeusz Myslowski It Began in Piotrków. Tade talks from a private memory archive. Myslowski Lublin 2010
1924, Prague, Czechia – 2006, Paris, France
Cala d’or, 1963
Gouache, ink, watercolor, pencil on paper, 31,5 x 28 cm
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 00630
1946, Pittsburg, USA
Mysterious Nomads 2, 1988
Black and white photograph, 36 x 28 cm
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 03709
| Hungary/USA|
Born in Abda | 1946
We present artworks signed by Orsolya Drozdik included in the collection of MoCA:
Time, 1978, photography, offset print on paper, 29,6 х 41,8см | Symbols 1, 1977, photography, offset print on paper, 20/30, 50,9x42cm | Symbols 2, 1977, photography, offset print on paper, 20/30, 50,9×38,5 | Symbols 3, 1977, photography, offset print on paper, 20/30, 46,3×41,5cm | Look, 1978, photography, offset on paper, 29,6×41,8cm | Individual Mythology 1, 1978, photography, offset on paper, 58,9×41,4cm | Individual Mythology 2, 1978, b/w photograph, 58,9×41,4cm | Individual Mythology 3, 1978, b/w photograph, 58,9×41,4cm
| USA |
Born in Barrington in 1938.
We present artwork signed by Martin Lipofsky included in the collection of MoCA:
Green Glass Form, 1967, glass, sand, copper, 11,5х26х23cm
1937, Lübeck, Germany
Landscape as an Attitude, 1980
Aquatint on paper, 55,5 х 45 cm
Edition: a.p., inscription b.m. a.p.; b.r. Luis Camnitzer
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 02886
Biography
Luis Camnitzer (born November 6, 1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist, curator, art critic, and academic who was at the forefront of 1960s Conceptual Art. Camnitzer works primarily in sculpture, printmaking, and installation, exploring topics such as repression, institutional critique, and social justice. For over five decades, his practice has explored the psychological and political dimensions of language.
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| USA |
Born in Gabrovo (Bulgaria) | 1935
Kunsthalle Bern Packed, 1968
1930, Augusta, USA
Skin with O’Hara Poem, 1963-1965
Lithograph on paper, 55.9 x 86.4cm
Edition: 14/30; inscription b.r.: Skin with O’ Hara Poem 63-65 14/30
Acquisition: Purchased
Reference: 00638
Biography
Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related topics. Johns’s works regularly sell for millions of dollars at sale and auction, including a reported $110 million sale in 2010. At multiple times works by Johns have held the title of most paid for a work by a living artist.
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