Ryszard Winiarski was a painter and author of spatial forms and various set designs. His artistic practice was dedicated to the idea that the work of art needs to be cold, objective, and unaffected by emotion and subjectivity. His interest was not grounded in the aesthetics of the image, but instead in scientific exploration, placing the process of production above the effect of the final product. Ryszard Winiarski's works have been part of many exhibitions and collections in Poland and abroad, such as Biennale Nürnberg, Germany; Mumok, Vienna, Austria; MOCA, Los Angeles, USA; Art Museum, Łódź, Poland; the National Museums in Warsaw, Wrocław, Kraków, and Poznań, Poland; Regional Museums in Bydgoszcz and Chełm, Poland; Bochum Museum, Germany; Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany; McCrory Collection, New York, USA; Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi, India, and many others.

Ryszard Winiarski is a major figure of the Polish visual arts scene, who dedicated his practice to the exploration of the relationship between art and science. In the mid-60s, Ryszard Winiarski invented a distinctive and steady system of generating artistic forms, which positioned him as one of the key figures of systems art in Poland, an artistic trend that continued the experiments introduced by protagonists of constructivist and concrete art. Directing his attention towards the simplification of the means of artistic expression, Winiarski at first only used black and white, since for him they represented mathematical zero and one. Obiekt przestrzenny is a characteristic example of Winiarski’s use of the shape of a square as a constant module structuring the composition. The works created according to his concept create a system which reflects the various factors of probability and programming.