Andrew Urbanowicz (1938 - 2011), Left Sun Square, from the series 'Magic Squares', 2001

relief, acrylic, panel, 103 x 103 x 8 cm, described and signed on the back: 'SQUARE OF THE SUN | LEFT | ANDRZEJ URBANOWICZ | 2001'.



Painter, visual artist, performer. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1956-58, in 1958-1962 at its branch in Katowice. He was one of the founders of the Secret Chronicle Group of Five, later known as the League of Spiritual Observations or the Oneiron Circle. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s he stayed in New York, in the United States thanks to a Kosciuszko Foundation grant. One of the most prominent creators of the Polish artistic underground, he organized happenings and paratheatrical activities, engaged in essay writing and art criticism, and organized exhibitions.