November 2004

"Local Modernism"

Discussion, Edward Krasiński Studio, Warsaw The renowned Polish artist Edward Krasiński, who died in April of this year, bequeathed his studio and archive to the Foksal Gallery Foundation. Parallel to the renovation, discussions are being held on Krasiński’s work and the challenges facing the future use of the studio as a “living archive.” Local Modernism is a research project that, in connection with historical studies and archival work, explores selected buildings (complexes) and the respective architectural theories between the 1950s and the 1970s. The project also takes into consideration the history of their reception and the influence these buildings and theories have exerted