2025-01-16
What might the artist's immediate environment – their studio – look like? Many contemporary creators invite us into their spaces on the occasion of interviews or workshops. The act of creation may require making some changes to the environment, adapting it to what is currently being made. Because of this, their workspaces have lives of their own. But what if we could freeze such a place in time and take a careful look at every little thing that accompanies the artist in their everyday life?
In Warsaw we have many such opportunities. In the list of Historic Art Studios (Historyczne Pracownie Artystyczne) you will find a selection of exceptional places, some of which, like Rajmund Ziemski's painting studio, have been conserved and opened to the public.
Ziemski moved into the premises located on the top floor of the so-called ‘Antycedet’, a residential house on Aleje Jerozolimskie, in the early 1970s. From then on, he painted there every day, morning and evening. The various objects that can be found on site are evidence of his everyday life – posters of exhibitions that were important to him, books and wrappers of his favourite cigars.
The conservation of the historic studio, as well as the inventory and archiving of the artist's works and documents, is handled by the Ziemski Art Foundation. In the spirit of the foundation's mission, which is, among other things, to promote his work, meetings, guided tours and the production of interviews ‘Conversations about Ziemski’ ('Rozmowy o Ziemskim') are organised on site.
Currently, the studio can be visited via appointment, but, as the foundation has announced, we can expect an open day there in late January or early February.