The idea of building a house by Maria and Tadeusz emerged gradually – beginning with the choice of location, shaped largely by bonds of friendship, and developing during a period in which Kantor was particularly focused on questions of memory and the family home. The initiative to construct their own house became, for Kantor, an opportunity to undertake artistic work in an entirely new medium. The process of creating the project was not limited to architectural design. It was preceded by a search for a visual and conceptual form for the notion of a house. In a series of sketches and drawings, the artist introduced, modified, and tested individual elements that would make up a vocabulary of the house – the shape of the courtyard, the roofline, the windows, the chimney, etc. etc. The final design, created in dialogue with architect Piotr Stępień, was completed in 1984.
House of Art. Tadeusz Kantor and Maria Stangret House in Hucisko book presents the history of the house as well as the monument of the Chair, which is located nearby. It’s summarising the artists in residence programme, which is being realised in Hucisko since 2015.
table of contents
Lech Stangret – The House in Hucisko and the Tadeusz Kantor Foundation
Piotr Stępień – Hucisko – the making of the House
Marek Rostworowski – Kantor’s Chair
Lech Stangret – The Chair of Tadeusz Kantor
Antoni Burzyński – Artists in Residence Programme at Tadeusz Kantor and Maria Stangret House in Hucisko
artists
Eleni Bagaki, Krystian Truth Czaplicki, Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn (Tale of Tales), Anahita Ghasemkhani آناهیتا قاسمخانی, Jos McKain, Joshua Schwebel, 손선경 Seon Kyung Son
book editor: Antoni Burzyński
designed by Kaja Kusztra
the book is available for free
Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Programme of the National Centre for Cultrue Kultura – interwencje. Edycja 2025
The „Dom w Hucisku – Wystawa wraz z katalogiem” project is realised with financial Wieliczka County financial support.
