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Mirosław Bałka

He was born in Warsaw.

Also recorded as Miroslaw Balka · Miroslav Balka · Mirosław Balka

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Umeå sculpture park/Sweden with "Concrete and leaves" (1996) by Mirosław Bałka.

Samuel Mann from Dunedin, New Zealand · Umeå sculpture park · CC BY 2.0

Biography

Mirosław Bałka worked in art of sculpture. His work is associated with abstract art.

He was employed by Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. He worked at Warsaw.

Mirosław Bałka is recorded as having received Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture and Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis‎.

Mirosław Bałka studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. The recorded working language is Polish.

The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract art.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Warsaw. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw.

Work by Mirosław Bałka is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Finnish National Gallery, Tate, Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture and Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis‎.

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1985 to 2009.

17 x 23,5 x 1,6. 00.

  • How it is?

    2009

  • Mapping T; Mapping B; Mapping S

    2008 · Israel Museum

  • 200x238x95, Ø 19x16 (fountain)

    1996 · Kröller-Müller Museum

  • Rememberance of the First Holy Communion

    1985 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Winterreise

    2005 · Middelheim Museum

  • Eyes of Purification

    2009 · Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art

  • Rubber, concrete, leather, and steel. ימים אפלים

  • Mirosław Bałka

  • Reflejos condicionados

  • Fragment

  • Mirosuwafu Bauka

  • Bon voyage

The complete catalogue · 24

  • How it is?

    2009

  • Mapping T; Mapping B; Mapping S

    2008 · Israel Museum

  • 200x238x95, Ø 19x16 (fountain)

    1996 · Kröller-Müller Museum

  • Rememberance of the First Holy Communion

    1985 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Winterreise

    2005 · Middelheim Museum

  • Eyes of Purification

    2009 · Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art

  • Rubber, concrete, leather, and steel. ימים אפלים

  • Mirosław Bałka

  • Reflejos condicionados

  • Fragment

  • Mirosuwafu Bauka

  • Bon voyage

  • Topography

  • Revision 1986 - 1997

  • Displacements

  • Mirosław Bałka, Lichtzwang

  • Selection

  • Hygiene

    1998

  • Artnow 4

    1995

  • Miroslaw Balka

    1993

  • Miroslaw Balka 36.6

  • Salt Seller, dated 1988, wood, jute, salt, and steel

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Zeitnot, dated 1996, steel, linoleum, and felt

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • 190 x 25 x 28, dated 1991, steel and sponge

    The Art Institute of Chicago

A further 2 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1958–2009

  1. 1958

    Life

    Mirosław Bałka was born in 1958 at Warsaw.

  2. 1985

    Institution

    Rememberance of the First Holy Communion, dated 1985, held by Museum of Art in Łódź.

  3. 1985

    Institution

    Rememberance of the First Holy Communion (Museum of Art in Łódź).

  4. 1988

    Institution

    Salt Seller, dated 1988, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  5. 1989

    Life

    Untitled (Death is my Shepardess), dated 1989, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  6. 1991

    Institution

    190 x 25 x 28, dated 1991, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  7. 1993

    Miroslaw Balka is dated 1993.

  8. 1995

    Artnow 4 is dated 1995.

  9. 1996

    Institution

    Zeitnot, dated 1996, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  10. 1996

    Institution

    200x238x95, Ø 19x16 (fountain), dated 1996, held by Kröller-Müller Museum.

  11. 2005

    Institution

    Winterreise, dated 2005, held by Middelheim Museum.

  12. 2008

    Institution

    Mapping T; Mapping B; Mapping S, dated 2008, held by Israel Museum.

  13. 2009

    Institution

    Eyes of Purification, dated 2009, held by Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art.

  14. 2009

    How it is?.

  15. 2009

    Institution

    Eyes of Purification (Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art).

The full dated record · 15 entries

  1. 1958

    Mirosław Bałka was born in 1958 at Warsaw.

  2. 1985

    Rememberance of the First Holy Communion, dated 1985, held by Museum of Art in Łódź.

  3. 1985

    Rememberance of the First Holy Communion (Museum of Art in Łódź).

  4. 1988

    Salt Seller, dated 1988, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  5. 1989

    Untitled (Death is my Shepardess), dated 1989, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  6. 1991

    190 x 25 x 28, dated 1991, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  7. 1993

    Miroslaw Balka is dated 1993.

  8. 1995

    Artnow 4 is dated 1995.

  9. 1996

    Zeitnot, dated 1996, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  10. 1996

    200x238x95, Ø 19x16 (fountain), dated 1996, held by Kröller-Müller Museum.

  11. 2005

    Winterreise, dated 2005, held by Middelheim Museum.

  12. 2008

    Mapping T; Mapping B; Mapping S, dated 2008, held by Israel Museum.

  13. 2009

    Eyes of Purification, dated 2009, held by Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art.

  14. 2009

    How it is?.

  15. 2009

    Eyes of Purification (Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art).

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Places

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  • Warsaw
Birth
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Where the work is held

Collections

Mirosław Bałka received Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture and Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis‎.

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

reference work

Institutional database

Literature

Bibliography

Mirosław Bałka: apple T, Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), The, 2012.

  • On Sense and Oneself

  • Tale in the Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Art of Joseph Beuys, Zbigniew Warpechowski and Mirosław Bałka, Art Inqiuiry, 2020

  • Eyes Wide Shut

  • L’incontro a Leeds fra Zygmunt Bauman e Mirosław Bałka, CoSMO, 2018

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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