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Marek Grygiel
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Marek Grygiel, Curator - Reviewing: March 15-18
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Marek Grygiel has been the director of the Mala Gallery of the Union of Polish Art Photographers and CCA in Warsaw since 1982.The Mala Gallery is one of oldest and most independently active places for photography in Poland and Europe and he has personally overseen the curation of over 300 exhibitions.Mr. Grygiel is also the curator for the Centre of Contemporary Art in Warsaw and a Honorary Member of the Union Polish Art Photographers.He has curated international photo exhibitions in Germany, Austria, France, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Great Britain, Estonia, and Japan.He is the founder and editor in chief of the Fototapeta magazine, the picture editor in Gazeta Wyborcza daily newspaper, and he cooperates with art and photography magazines, Exit, Imago, Obieg.His major focus is on contemporary photography as art form and also some new documentary and journalistic photography connected with mass media.He is interested in viewing conceptual, experimental, humanistic photography and issue-oriented work.