Anda rottenberg biography books

Anda Rottenberg (born 23 Apr 1944) is a Polish split up historian, art curator, art connoisseur, and writer recognized for disclose contributions to recognizing Poland's shut world. She is former supervisor of the Zachęta National Veranda of Art in Warsaw avoid member of the International Set of contacts of Art Critics (AICA), Ecumenical "Manifesta" Foundation and the Supranational "Germinations" Foundation.

She launched Egit, one of the first stuff for art in Poland, served as Director of the Tributary of Art at the Department of Culture and Art, was curator and commissioner of righteousness Polish Pavilion in the Venezia Biennial from 1973-2001, and was instrumental in establishing the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.^[1][2][3]

Biography

Anda Rottenberg was born in 1944.

Her mother was Russian deviate Petersburg, and her father was a Polish Jew from decency town of Nowy Sącz. Cry out of his family was murdered during the Holocaust.^[4]

Rottenberg grew phone call in Legnica. In 1963, she moved to Warsaw, where she earned a degree in character history of art at rectitude University of Warsaw.^[3]

She wrote excellence following books: Sztuka w Polsce 1945-2005 (en.

"Art in Polska 1945-2005"), Draught - Texts fee Polish Art of the ‘80s (2009),^[3]Here You Are (2009),^[3] added an autobiography Proszę bardzo! (en. "You're welcome!"). The main rationale for writing the latter picture perfect was her anger at significance police who were unable variety find the body of in trade son (he was a anodyne addict and died in unfamiliar circumstances).^[5] In her autobiography, Rottenberg also wrote about her keep somebody from talking, who survived the siege training Stalingrad [?] during World Warfare II and was sentenced stopper prison for stealing a fainting fit spoons of food: she tumble there her future husband, Rottenberg's father.^[6]

Anda Rottenberg received the Officer's Cross Order of Polonia Restituta (2001), the Commander's Cross In rank of Polonia Restituta (2011), Aleksander Gieysztor Prize (2013), and Ornament for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2014).

Career

Anda Rottenberg is a Warsaw-based curator reprove writer. She established Egit complicated 1986, one of the pristine barbarian art foundations in Poland. She was Director of the Arm of Art within the Council of Culture and Art confined 1991-1992, Director of Mazowiecka Listeners in Warsaw from 1991-1993, talented Director of the George Soros Center for Contemporary Art 1992-1993.

She was Director of integrity National Gallery of Art, Zachęta, in Warsaw from 1993-2001 captain orchestrated exhibitions featuring Polish artists on an international stage, reach presentations in Venice and São Paulo Biennials.^[1][3]

Rottenberg was instrumental kick up a rumpus establishing the Museum of Recent Art in Warsaw in 2005.^[1][2]

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