hoffmann

works

exercise lll

exercise lll

1972

photography mounted on wood, paint

275 × 53 × 3 cm
9′ 416″ × 1′ 8 1416″ ×  1 18

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ohne titel

untitled

1983

cardboard relief, film and collage

65 × 85 cm
2′ 1 916″ × 2′ 9 716

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broken film #13b

broken film #13b

1984

cardboard relief, 16mm film, pencil, paint

70 × 50 cm
2′ 3 916″ × 1′ 7 1116

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a corner

a corner

1976

photography

50 × 40 cm
1′ 7 1116″ × 1′ 3 34

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broken film #2

broken film #2

1985

pencil on cardboard cut

24.7 × 24.7 cm
9 1216″ ×  9 1216

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walkway

walkway

1973

2:44min, 35mm, silent

dimensions variable

gymnastics

gymnastics

1974

3:39min, 35mm, silent

dimensions variable

a corner

a corner

1976

3:36min, video, sound

dimensions variable

fabryka

fabryka

1982

artist's book

29.5 × 21 × 1.3 cm
11 1016″ ×  8 416″ ×  816

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vom dunkel ins licht

vom dunkel ins licht

1987

acrylic on wood

160 × 110 × 4.8 cm
5′ 3″ × 3′ 7 516″ ×  1 1416

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enlargement - decrease

enlargement - decrease

1976

photography mounted on wood, paint

33.5 × 211 × 2 cm
1′ 1 316″ × 6′ 11 116″ ×  1316

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edition hoffmann

exhibitions

viewing rooms

biography

ryszard waśko (*1948, nysa, poland) lives and works in berlin, germany

selected solo exhibitions

  • 2023
    • paintings, polswissart, warsaw, poland
  • 2021
    • beauty of ideas, center of contemporary art “elektrownia”, radom, poland
  • 2020
    • yesterday is today, akonzept galerie, berlin, germany
    • from a to b, profile foundation, warsaw, poland
  • 2018
    • windows / with trevor morgan, studio torstrasse 114, berlin, germany
    • i will bring you flowers, galerie akonzept, berlin, germany
    • do not say that you were born at wrong time, arton foundation, warsaw, poland
  • 2016
    • who is afraid of colour?, zak branicka galerie, berlin, germany
  • 2015
    • farewell to arms / with alejandro vidal, neuer kunstverein, vienna, austria
    • timeline, sexauer galerie, berlin, germany
  • 2013
    • ryszard wasko, zak branicka galerie, berlin, germany
  • 2012
    • do the meditation rock, freies museum, berlin, germany
    • genesis, kunsthalle trafo, stettin, poland
  • 2011
    • one & one, freies museum, berlin, germany
  • 2010
    • berlin - lodz, city museum, łódź, poland
    • portrait of a family in time, cinema museum, łódź, poland
  • 2009
    • contemporary portrait, haus am lützowplatz, berlin, germany
  • 2008
    • cut up portrait, senatorska gallery, warsaw, poland
  • 2006
    • i am telling you a secret, fizek gallery, poznań, poland
  • 2003
    • new paintings by wasko, angel orensanz center, new york, ny, united states
  • 2001
    • breaking news, wschodnia gallery, łódź, poland
    • breaking news, museum of contemporary art, herzliya, israel
  • 2000
    • recent works by wasko, many h gallery, tel aviv, israel
  • 1997
    • small rose garden, the artists' museum, łódź, poland
  • 1987
    • homage for the street, ruine der künste, berlin, germany
  • 1986
    • recent works by wasko, neuer berliner kunstverein, berlin, germany
  • 1984
    • ryszard wasko, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
    • ryszard wasko, kunstverein kassel, kassel, germany
  • 1981
    • hypothetical works, m galerie, bochum, germany
    • elementary works, folkwang museum, essen, germany
  • 1979
    • hypothetical photography, trace gallery, łódź, poland
  • 1976
    • weariness of my leg, m galerie, bochum, germany
  • 1975
    • wasko, remont gallery, warsaw, poland
  • 1972
    • cut up photography, lodz film school, łódź, poland

selected group exhibitions

  • 2025
    • hidden histories, profile foundation, warsaw, poland
    • workshop, zacheta national gallery of art, warsaw, poland
  • 2023
    • beyond good and evil, profile foundation, warsaw, poland
  • 2021
    • fishes and cows, bwa gallery, bielsko, poland
    • sculpture in search of a place, zachęta — national gallery of art, warsaw, poland
    • atlas of modernity, museum of art, łódź, poland
  • 2020
    • from an imaginery collector, galerie akonzept, berlin, germany
    • the penumbral age. art in the time of planetary change, museum of modern art, warsaw, poland
    • searching for the shapes within, persons projects, berlin, germany
    • construction in process, profile foundation, warsaw, poland
    • displaced, palazzo mattei di giove, rome, italy
  • 2019
    • zoom in on the 70s, national museum, gdansk, poland
    • there where you are not, kunsthalle trafo, stettin, poland
    • recordings, profile foundation, warsaw, poland
    • art as road to understanding, mozg foundation, bydgoszcz, poland
    • help nature/heal the earth, the lofts of beacon, new york, ny, united states
  • 2018
    • excersises in freedom, staatliche kunstsammlungen, dresden, germany
  • 2017
    • we all love art, galerie schlachthause, berlin, germany
  • 2016
    • moving tales, la gaia collection, cueno, italy
  • 2013
    • inseldasein, daad galerie, berlin, germany
  • 2012
    • anonymous, perm museum, perm, russian federation
  • 2011
    • ostalgia, new museum, new york, ny, united states
    • community that came?, museum of art, łódź, poland
    • tür zu tür, gropius bau, berlin, germany
  • 2009
    • see this sound, lentos kunstmuseum, linz, austria
    • eye world, triple candle gallery, new york, ny, united states
    • paris photo, carrousel du louvre, paris, france
  • 2008
    • 1, 2, 3. avant-gardes, tate modern, london, united kingdom
    • time is always now, m galerie, bochum, germany
    • multikino, tranzitdisplay, prague, czech republic
    • yes, no & other options, art sheffield, sheffield, united kingdom
  • 2007
    • hand und fuß und andere geheimnisse, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
    • the optical edge, pratt manhattan gallery, new york, ny, united states
  • 2006
    • pioneering video artists, tate modern, london, united kingdom
    • image / text, tate modern, london, united kingdom
  • 2004
    • the workshop group, electronic arts intermix, new york, ny, united states
  • 2003
    • a history of polish avantgarde film, museum of modern art, new york, ny, united states
  • 2002
    • classic & pearls, cinedoc paris films coop, paris, france
  • 2001
    • markers, vennice biennale, venice, italy
  • 2000
    • from here to there, akademie schloss solitude, stuttgart, germany
  • 1999
    • international installation biennale, museum of art, haifa, israel
  • 1998
    • shattered lattitude, lombard fried gallery, new york, ny, united states
    • personal touch, art in general gallery, new york, ny, united states
    • positionen der konkreten kunst, bauhaus, dessau, germany
    • the bridge, construction in process, melbourne, australia
    • art special hansa, hansa gymnasium, cologne, germany
  • 1996
    • hypothese, experiment, erfindung, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
    • under one roof, palais podewil, berlin, germany
  • 1995
    • construction in process v-co-existence, negev desert, mitzpe ramon, israel
  • 1993
    • my home is your home, the international artists museum, łódź, poland
  • 1991
    • 37 räume, kunstwerke, berlin, germany
    • central europe: art from the 60s, galerie schüppenhauer, cologne, germany
    • central europe: art from the 60s, bundeskunsthalle, bonn, germany
  • 1990
    • inbetween, venice biennale (turkish pavillion), venice, italy
    • in-between, biennale di venezia, venice, italy
  • 1989
    • berlin's art scene, berlinische galerie, berlin, germany
    • balkon mit flächer, akademie der künste, berlin, germany
    • niemandsland, kunsthalle, recklinghausen, germany
  • 1988
    • berlin cultural city of europe, daad galerie, berlin, germany
  • 1987
    • homage to joseph beuys, galerie klaus staeck, heidelberg, germany
    • zeitberliner, städtische galerie, stuttgart, germany
  • 1986
    • after malevitch square, wilhelm-hack museum, ludwigshafen, germany
    • idee, raum, konstruktion, kunsthalle, bielefeld, germany
  • 1985
    • konkret vier, kunsthaus, nuremberg, germany
    • prozess und konstruktion, lenbachhaus museum, munich, germany
    • biennale des friedens, kunsthalle, hamburg, germany
  • 1983
    • preasance polonaise, centre pompidou, paris, france
  • 1982
    • sol le witt's choice, galleria cenobio-visualità, milan, italy
  • 1981
    • construction in process, pkwn factory, łódź, poland
    • construction in progress, pkwn factory, łódź, poland
  • 1980
    • pier & ocean, hayward gallery & rijksmuseum kröller-müller, london, united kingdom
    • 11th paris biennale, paris biennale, paris, france
    • sydney biennale, sydney biennale
  • 1979
    • film as film, hayward gallery, cologne, germany
    • works & words, stedelijk museum & de appel gallery, amsterdam, netherlands
  • 1977
    • film als film, kölnischer kunstverein, cologne, germany
    • encounter on video, museum of contemporary art, caracas, venezuela
    • documenta 6, documenta, kassel, germany
    • 22 polish artists, kölnischer kunstverein, kassel, germany
    • art as a contextual art, st.petri gallery, lund, sweden
    • experiment, ferro gallery, naples, italy
  • 1976
    • the workshop group, kunsthalle, düsseldorf, germany

selected public collections

    • städtische galerie villa zanders, bergisch gladbach, germany
    • berlinische galerie, berlin, germany
    • nationalgalerie, berlin, germany
    • neuer berliner kunstverein, berlin, germany
    • cinema museum, brussels, belgium
    • bauhaus museum, dessau, germany
    • haifa museum of art, haifa, israel
    • museum of art, łódź, poland
    • lux collection, london, united kingdom
    • wilhelm-hack-museum, ludwigshafen, germany
    • centre pompidou, paris, france
    • cinedoc, paris, france
    • lenbachhaus museum, munich, germany
    • electronic arts intermix, new york, ny, united states
    • städtische galerie, stuttgart, germany
    • karin und uwe hollweg sammlung, bremen, germany
    • peter c. ruppert collection, museum im kulturspeicher würzburg, würzburg, germany
    • la gaia collection, busca, italy
    • marzona collection, berlin, germany
    • galerie des landesmuseums, berlin, germany
    • bundesministerium für umwelt, berlin, germany
    • erika hoffmann collection, berlin, germany
    • gallery of modern art, hradec králové, czech republic
    • museum of contemporary art, krakow, poland
    • municipal museum, bydgoszcz, poland
    • starak foundation, krakow, poland
    • mazovian centre for contemporary art „elektrownia, radom, poland
    • bank austria collection, vienna, austria
    • kunstmuseum bochum, bochum, germany
    • staatliche kunstsammlungen, skd, dresden, germany
    • museum of modern art, msn, warsaw, poland
    • world bank contemporary art collection, washington, d.c., united states
    • elektrownia - centre for contemporary art, radom, poland
    • zacheta national gallery, warsaw, poland

education

  • 1975
    • camera, staatliche hochschule für film, fernsehen und theater lódź, łódź, poland
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