The publication carries several dozen artistic pieces by Paweł Althamer and Artur Żmijewski, as well as the poems that had inspired them. The collages are juxtaposed with works by poets including Czesław and Oskar Miłosz, Paul Celan, Stanisław Grochowiak and Rafał Wojaczek. The essays – by Adam Mazur and Maria Anna Potocka – put into focus the context in which the works were created.

Language: English
Managing editor: Delfina Jałowik
Texts: Anna Akhmatova, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Jean-Marie Benjamin, Tadeusz Borowski, Władysław Broniewski, Andrzej Bursa, Constantine P. Cavafy, Paul Celan, Edward Field, Stanisław Grochowiak, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Bożena Keff, Adam Mazur, Adam Mickiewicz, Czesław Miłosz, Oskar Miłosz, Tadeusz Nowak, Papusza, Maria Anna Potocka, Edward Stachura, Teresa Truszkowska, Rafał Wojaczek, Hsu Yun

Translation: Christopher Bamford, Kevin Christianson, Adam Czerniawski, John Felstiner, Bill Johnston, Edmund Keeley, Anda MacBride, Benjamin Paloff, Philip Sherrard, Alissa Valles
Design: Rafał Sosin
Format: 170 × 230 mm
No. of pages: 144
ISBN: 978-83-65851-40-6
Year of publication: 2020

The book has been published to accompany the exhibition:
Paweł Althamer, Artur Żmijewski
The Ultimate Song
Curator: Adam Mazur
Co-ordinator: Mirosława Bałazy
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow
29 October 2020 – 14 March 2021