Krzysztof Niemczyk: The Artist’s Syndrome

Krzysztof Niemczyk: The Artist’s Syndrome is a book dedicated to the figure of this uncompromising, maverick Krakow artist. It will be a selection of reminiscences of people close to the artist (e.g., Anka Ptaszkowska, Adam Komorowski, Aleksander Wilkoń and Zbigniew Warpechowski), including a text by Maria Anna Potocka, examining the artistic phenomenon that Niemczyk was, as well as two short stories by Niemczyk (Boy Breaking up his Family, Tragic Meadow), out of print since 1964 and a fragment of his novel The Courtesan and the Little Chicks, which was published in the artist’s lifetime, a timeline and ample photographic documentation. The publication is accompanied by a DVD with film recording of the performance I, Krzysztof directed by Natalia Korczakowska with Monika Niemczyk playing her brother.

The book has been published in Polish.

teksts: Józef Chrobak, Adam Komorowski, Natalia Korczakowska, Jerzy Kronhold, Adam Macedoński, Krzysztof Niemczyk, Monika Niemczyk, Maria Anna Potocka, Anka Ptaszkowska, Zbigniew Warpechowski, Aleksander Wilkoń, Roman Wysogląd
language of publication: polski
editor: Józef Chrobak
graphic design, DTP: Rafał Sosin
numer of pages: 223
format: 170 x 230 mm
ISBN 978-83-62435-46-3
publication date: 2014

The publication accompanies the exhibition:
Krzysztof Niemczyk: Situationist, Writer, Painter
curator: Józef Chrobak
MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow
27 June–14 September 2014