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1 ALICJA WERBACHOWSKA

2 ALICJA WERBACHOWSKA works

3 One can argue that geometry is to the visual arts what grammar is to the art of writing. These are, loosely translated, the words of Apollinaire. Geometry is for me a source of inspiration. Lines drawn with various tools on lots of different types of paper enter into a mutual relationship. Together with the space between them, they form geometric compositions. The works are conceived mentally before they are seen by the eye. I strive for precision, clarity and minimal use of visual resources as a connecting element in my work: drawings, collages and artists books. The works depicted in this catalogue have been created during my 40-year stay in Netherlands.

4 Untitled 1978 brush in ink 32 x 32 cm Untitled 1978 brush in ink 32 x 32 cm 4-5

5 Untitled 1981 brush in ink 40 x 40 cm Untitled 1981 brush in ink 40 x 40 cm 6-7

6 Untitled 1983 brush in ink 40 x 40 cm Untitled 1983 brush in ink 40 x 40 cm 8-9

7 Untitled 1989 brush in ink 45 x 60 cm Untitled 1989 brush in ink + pencil 60 x 45 cm 10-11

8 The four elements - water, earth, light, fire 1989 brush in ink 24 x 24 cm 12-13

9 Untitled 1992 pen in ink 21 x 21 cm 14-15

10 Untitled 1996 pen in ink 24 x 34 cm 16-17

11 Untitled 1998 pyrography 40 x 40 cm 18-19

12 Untitled 1985 collage 35 x 35 cm Untitled 1999 brush in ink 35 x 35 cm 20-21

13 Untitled 2001 perforation 30 x 30 cm 22-23

14 Untitled 2002 pen in ink 30 x 35 cm 24-25

15 Untitled 2007 pencil 30 x 30 cm 26-27

16 Untitled 2007 crayon 40 x 40 cm 28-29

17 Untitled 2009 Luminance colour pencil 30 x 33 cm 30-31

18 Untitled 2013 colour pencil 28 x 23 cm Untitled 2010 Luminance colour pencil 33 x 30 cm 32-33

19 Untitled 2010 ink and sewing thread 35 x 35 cm Untitled 2010 pen in ink 30 x 40 cm 34-35

20 Untitled 2011 collage and sewing thread 45 x 60 cm 36-37

21 Untitled 2005 object 35 x 40 x 4 cm private collection Untitled 2011 collage 45 x 60 cm 38-39

22 Untitled 2012 pen in ink 45 x 45 cm 40-41

23 Untitled 2012 pen in ink 45 x 45 cm Untitled 2012 pen in ink 45 x 45 cm 42-43

24 Serviette 2012 collage 32 x 27 cm 44-45

25 Untitled 2012 collagfe 40 x 55 cm private collection Untitled 2013 collage 27 x 35 cm 46-47

26 Untitled 2013 pen in ink 32 x 22 cm 48-49

27 Untitled 2013 collage 32 x 32 cm Untitled 2013 collage 35 x 35 cm collection Teylers Museum 50-51

28 Untitled 2014 pen in ink 20 x 22 cm 52-53

29 Untitled 2014 pen in ink + stamp 22 x 23 cm 54-55

30 Hommage à Louise Bourgeois 2014 collage 30 x 37 cm 56-57

31 Untitled 2014 collage 40 x 40 cm 58-59

32 Triptych 2014 cardboard relief (left) plus two c-prints each part 25 x 25 cm 60-61

33 Untitled 2014 collage 45 x 45 cm 62-63

34 64-65 artists books

35 Untitled 1997 unicum 29,5 x 19 cm Pyrography 2001 unicum 20 x 16 cm 66-67

36 High noon x 27 cm edition of 8 Fade into black x 28,5 cm edition of

37 Ik 2008 unicum 21,5 x 23 cm Untitled 2008 unicum 29 x 18 cm collection Museum Meermanno 70-71

38 Calgary - triptych x 28 cm edition of

39 Clipper inkjet print x 19,5 cm edition of 6 Vitruvian man inktjet print x 19,5 cm edition of

40 Rotation 2014 unicum 23 x 19 cm Came with the wind x 22 cm edition of

41 78-79 Alicja Werbachowska Alicja Werbachowska was born in Katowice, Poland. During the sixties she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she earned a MFA degree in Until 1977 she worked as an interior designer and graphic designer in Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands. She has lived since 1974 in the Netherlands, where she works as an independent artist. Alicja Werbachowska s work is found in many private collections, and in the following public and corporate art collections: National Library, Paris Victoria and Albert Museum, London Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Den Haag Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz Haarlem Public Library, Haarlem Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, Florida Teylers Museum, Haarlem Biblioteka Uniwesytetu im. M.Kopernika, Torun Klingspor Museum, Offenbach Caldic Collection, Rotterdam Universiteitsbibliothek, Wien Museum der angewandte Kunst, Wien Museum of Modern Art, New York New York Public Library, New York Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Kunst- und Museumbibliothek der Stadt Köln Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Ampersand Collection, Forest Town, Johannesburg Book Art Museum, Łódź Musashino Art University Museum, Tokio Clark Art Institute, Wiliamstown, Massachusetts

42 80 This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition of work by Alicja Werbachowska at Galerie Wit, Wageningen, November 30 - December 21, Text, design and photography Alicja Werbachowska English language editing Sara van Otterloo-Butler Lay-out GAW ontwerp + communicatie Lithography Wim van Hof, GAW ontwerp + communicatie Printing GVO Drukkers Alicja Werbachowska is represented by Johan Deumens Gallery ( and Galerie Wit ( The publication was supported financially by Galerie Wit.

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