Zbigniew Libera surely is one of the most interesting Polish contemporary artists, his works are both intrinsic and perverse. His biography engaging and far from a standard artistic career: he never undertook an artistic education, during the martial law in Poland he was imprisoned for a year (for printing illegal materials), he played in a punk band called Sternenhoch, for a long time he was the life model for artist Zofia Kruk, recently he founded the Aurora club in Warsaw. In the 80's he was associated with independent artistic community of Strych in Lódz. During this period Libera made paintings but destroyed most of them. He was also one of the pioneers of video art in Poland - making a few shocking works which were some 10 years ahead of the wave of "body art" - "Intimate Rituals" (1984) and "Mystical Perseveration" (1984). Later on, Libera created a series of intriguing, existential installations. In the 90's he began making objects which manipulated existing consumer goods. Those include - "Corrective facilities" designed on the model of gym equipment - "Universal Penis Expander" (1995) - a machine for enlarging genitals, or "Body Master. Play set for children under 9" (1994). He also designs toys in the same manner, where the innocence associated with children's toys is deployed to introduce adult metamorphosis (puberty and adolescence) and concerns into the production of the object. This results in dolls with rich hair on their legs, groin and in the armpits ("You can shave the Baby" 1995). The most famous of this series is a LEGO block set "Concentration camp" (1996).
