Wardak studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of UMK in Toruń. Co-founder of the Zero-61 photographic group (1961). In 1966, he received the 1st Degree Award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Member of ZPAF since 1966. In 1979, he was decorated with the Medal of Merit to Culture, and in 1988, with the 40th Anniversary of ZPAF medal. Selected group exhibitions: Subjective Photography, BWA, Cracow (1968); Zero-61 Group retrospective, Toruń (1986, 2001), Katowice (1987), Bydgoszcz (1991); 2nd Biennale of Photography, Arsenał Gallery, Poznań (2000); The Grey in Colour, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2000); International Photographic Festival, Łódź (2004); Fotoimages. The Gesture of Artistic Photography, Museum of Art, Łódź (2006).
1970/2012
pigment print, Ilford Galerie 260 g, 49 x 60 cm,
signature, date and description on the reverse,
edition: 4/10
One of the most remarkable of the artist`s photographs, exhibited at Zero-61 Group retrospectives.
Wardak studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of UMK in Toruń. Co-founder of the Zero-61 photographic group (1961). In 1966, he received the 1st Degree Award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Member of ZPAF since 1966. In 1979, he was decorated with the Medal of Merit to Culture, and in 1988, with the 40th Anniversary of ZPAF medal. Selected group exhibitions: Subjective Photography, BWA, Cracow (1968); Zero-61 Group retrospective, Toruń (1986, 2001), Katowice (1987), Bydgoszcz (1991); 2nd Biennale of Photography, Arsenał Gallery, Poznań (2000); The Grey in Colour, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2000); International Photographic Festival, Łódź (2004); Fotoimages. The Gesture of Artistic Photography, Museum of Art, Łódź (2006).