Szybko i szybciej – eseje o pośpiechu w kulturze, Warszawa 1996
Czarny człowiek. Krasiński wobec śmierci, Instytut Badań Literackich PAN, Warszawa 1990
Terminal, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1994
Melancholia. O tych co nigdy nie odnajdą straty, Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa 1998
Tworki, Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa 1999
Oczy Dürera. O melancholii romantycznej, Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa 2002
Przezroczystość, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków 2007
Książka twarzy, Świat książki – Weltbild Polska, Warszawa 2011
Jabłko Olgi, stopy Dawida, Wielka Litera, Warszawa 2015
Kontener, Wielka Litera, Warszawa 2018
Texts published in GaleriaArt.pl
Essays
On Adam Patrzyk
Our fascination with the world portrayed by Adam Patrzyk comes quickly, and it brings with it a question: Should we be wary of these places, or should we be drawn to them? This is magical painting, which means that it arouses a vague desire to enter the paintings, to reside in their spaces, without knowing—not right away—whether for good or ill. As is often the case, the first thing we experience is a sense of déjà vu: we see what, tentatively, we already know has been painted and told by others before.
In 2017, Jacek Łydżba came across a stack of old opera programmes and music notebooks at a used book shop. Yellowed, ragged, nibbled by time, visually magnificent, they additionally provided a record of history.
