Piotr Kowalski
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Piotr Kowalski was an artist, sculptor, and architect. He was born 2 March, 1927, in Poland
, and died 7 January 2004 in Paris.
Piotr Kowalski worked in non-traditional materials including electronic and mechanical devices, neon, large earth works, explosions and other natural phenomena including plant growth and gravity. His work often expressed science or natural laws in direct and tangible ways, immediate to the senses and referring to artistic aesthetics. A refugee of World War II, a graduate of MIT, he immigrated to France as an architect for UNESCO and spent most of the rest of his life in Paris. Along with gallery works, he has several large outdoors projects.
from 1947 to 1952, receiving a Bachelors in Architecture. He maintained relations with MIT throughout his life. Working as an architect for I. M. Pei
from 1952 until 1953, he joined Marcel Brauer as an architect at UNESCO in Paris.
He became a fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
at MIT in 1978, and continued in that position until 1985. He was named professor at l'Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts de Paris in 1987.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, and died 7 January 2004 in Paris.
Piotr Kowalski worked in non-traditional materials including electronic and mechanical devices, neon, large earth works, explosions and other natural phenomena including plant growth and gravity. His work often expressed science or natural laws in direct and tangible ways, immediate to the senses and referring to artistic aesthetics. A refugee of World War II, a graduate of MIT, he immigrated to France as an architect for UNESCO and spent most of the rest of his life in Paris. Along with gallery works, he has several large outdoors projects.
Biography
Piotr Kowalski was born 2 March 1927 in Poland. By 1946 he as a refugee of the war living in Brazil. He attended Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
from 1947 to 1952, receiving a Bachelors in Architecture. He maintained relations with MIT throughout his life. Working as an architect for I. M. Pei
I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei , commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese American architect, often called a master of modern architecture. Born in Canton, China and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou...
from 1952 until 1953, he joined Marcel Brauer as an architect at UNESCO in Paris.
He became a fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
Center for Advanced Visual Studies
The Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT was founded in 1967 by artist and teacher György Kepes. Kepes, who taught at the new Bauhaus in Chicago, originally founded the Center as a way to encourage artistic collaboration on a large civic scale....
at MIT in 1978, and continued in that position until 1985. He was named professor at l'Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts de Paris in 1987.
Outdoor works
- Now 33° 46' 52.24 N 118° 06' 46.07" W
- L'axe de la Terre 48° 50' 25.21" N 2° 35' 04.17" E
- L'axe de la Terre Universite de Marne la Vallee,
- l'Arche St Quentin en Yvelines 48° 47' 23.55" N 2° 02' 08.92" E
- Place Des Degres 48° 53' 22.93 N 2° 14' 08.40" E
- Le Grand Escalier 48° 53' 29" N 2° 14' 11" E
External links
- www.piotrkowalski.com
- Art.pl biography
- The Time Machine at the 1995 First Biennale de Lyon
- Leonardo Electronic Almanac, volume 12, number 5, May 2004. In memorium: Piotr Kowalski, by Jean Delsaux
- Ronald Feldman Gallery, April 28 – May 26, 1979 The Mirror, Time Machine
- Now, 1965., Cal State University, Long Branch
- Passionnment