Jerzy Bereś

Jerzy Bereś (14 September 1930 – 25 December 2012) was a Polish sculptor, author and performance artist.

Life Bereś was born on 14 September 1930 in Nowy Sącz. He died on 25 December 2012 in Kraków.

Creativity In his work he used artistic manifestations. His works and projects are often political and ethical statements, preaching the demand of the "creative act" on the subject. Bereś developed his own unique style, but his practices were related: happening and these performance, although I never admit to any relationship with these trends in the arts demonstrations, calling their actions (actions, "Masses "). Bereś' Art is an art symbol, a metaphor, and a metaphysics. His art is the result of a dispute with known artist of the twentieth century such as the dramatists Witkiewicz, Kantor and conceptual artist, Duchamp.

Artistic activity In 1956, Bereś completed a program in sculpture in the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts under Xawery Dunikowski.

His first solo exhibition was in 1958 in the Kraków House of Artists, where he presented the sculptures: 'Lullaby', 'The Sun', 'Mother', 'Eve', 'anxiety', 'Idyll' made of plaster and reinforced concrete. His experience at this exhibition influenced his decision to halt the work he had been doing up to this point and along with it the traditional methods he learned from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Just before 1960, he created his first sculptures of wood:'Rzepicha' and 'Bart'. However, these were very realistic renderings that led the artist to turn to minimalism. Since then, his sculptures in wood have become increasingly simple and stay as close as possible to the nature of the material used. In 1960 he created work out of natural materials in the series hallucinations and in 1967 in the series The Oracle. He used field stones, hemp rope, scraps of canvas bag, leather straps (the characteristic of materials for his work).

In 1968, Beres presented in Foksal Gallery in Warsaw first artistic manifestation of prophecy 'I'. It opens up a whole series of speeches that are a commentary on politics, religion, art and philosophy, in which the artist often uses his own body and the object. His work called "Masses" discusses the most important Polish problems; the Mass Romantic,the political Mass, and the Mass in Polish.

Selected performances 1968 - Prophecy, Gallery Foksal, Kraków 1968 - The Prophecy II, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1968 - Bread, painted black, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1972 - bread colorfully painted, Office Andrzej Partum Poetry, Warsaw 1972 - Transfiguration and Art Center, Södertälje 1973 - Transfiguration II, Gallery Desa, Kraków 1973 - Transfiguration III Fri Altar author, BWA, Lublin 1973 - Untitled, Contemporary Gallery, Warsaw 1973 - Bid, Gallery Pi, Kraków 1974 - wooden pathway, Gruga Park, Essen 1974 - a beautiful altar, the altar clean, BWA, Wrocław 1974 - Face The Altar, Studio Gallery, London 1975 - reflective Mass, the Metal Works. Szadkowski, Kraków 1975 - The Altar erotic Coffee Club Artists, Kraków 1975 - The Altar laughing MDK Art Gallery of Labyrinth, Lublin 1975 - Round honor, Runek Old Town, Zamosc 1976 - Bonfire of art, BWA, Koszalin 1976 - Altar sculpture, BWA, Kraków 1976 - The Rite sincerity, Gallery On The Floor boat 1976 - existential Ritual, Culture, Lublin 1976 - Altar of time, Castle Świdwin 1976 - The Rite philosophical, student club, Toruń 1977 - culture ritual, Riviera Club Student Repair, London 1977 - Life's Work, STU Theatre Gallery, Kraków 1977 - art Mass, Club Jaszczury, Kraków 1978 - artist Monument, the way of Warcino and Kępice 1978 - Philosopher's Stone, Gallery Labyrinth, Lublin 1978 - Mass Art, Gallery Encouragement, London 1978 - Mass Romantic, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1979 - philosophical Mass, Gallery Art-Forum, boat 1979 - author Mass, Gallery of Modern Art, "HOUSE", Wrocław 1979 - avant-garde Mass, National Outdoor Young Artists and theorists, Świeszyno 1979 - Work and Word Haus van Kapel Bewaring Amsterdam 1979 - 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 1979 - Opus, College of Higher Education in Hull, Gallery Third Eye Center, Glasgow 1980 - dialogue with Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish Artists Union Gallery "Prism", Kraków 1980 - political Mass, National Outdoor Young Artists and theorists, Świeszyno 1981 - Clean work, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1981 - freedom Barrows Meetings International Artists, Scientists and theoreticians of art, Osieki 1981 - dialogue with Marcel Duchamp, Gallery BWA, Lublin 1981 - Manifestation romantic, the main square, Kraków 1981 - image, Academy of Music, Kraków 1983 - Art and Reality, Gallery BWA, Lublin 1983 - Mass Reflection II, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1984 - Polish Mass Over the Moat Gallery, Wrocław 1984 - Lecture: The dispute over the value of the highest. And part of the Gallery BWA, Lublin 1985 - Five outbreaks of Church. Divine Mercy, London 1986 - Lecture: The dispute over the value of the highest. II, Gallery BWA, Lublin 1986 - Picture Polish, Gallery Dziekanka, Warsaw 1988 - The Prophecy II, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1988 - II dialogue with Marcel Duchamp, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford 1988 - image of the Polish, Slaughterhouse Gallery, London 1989 - the second presentation of the living monument. The Prophecy II University Gallery, Cieszyn 1989 - shame, CRP, Orońsko 1990 - Untitled, Gallery BWA, Green Mountain 1990 - III dispute with Marcel Duchamp CCA, London 1991 - Dispute with Ignacy Witkiewicz BWA, Koszalin 1991 - IV dispute with Marcel Duchamp, Museum Bochum - Kunstsammlung, Bochum 1991 - dialogue with Tadeusz Kantor, Gallery Krzysztofory, Kraków 1991 - Antyperformance Action Arts Center, Warsaw 1993 - Polish Erotic, National Museum, London 1993 - Presentation of the living monument. The Prophecy II, BWA, Wrocław 1994 - The Challenge, Gallery Encouragement, London 1994 - Challenge II, Gallery BWA, Lublin 1995 - Monument Vivant, Gallery Le Lieu, Quebec 1995 - The last dispute with Marcel Duchamp, Gallery Language Plus, Alma 1997 - Duel Challenge IV of Utopia, Gallery Manhattan, boat 1999 - Scream, Museum of Sandomierz, Castle, Sandomierz 2012 - Toast II, Contexts. II Ephemeral Art Festival, Sokołowsko

Outdoor projects Wladyslaw Jagiello monument in Nidzica Altar of St. Families in the Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Tarnów Rondo sculpture 1 in front of the Opera in Bydgoszcz