Avant-garde artist, photographer, graphic artist, painter, art theoretician. He graduated from PWSSP in Wrocław (diploma in 1965). Since 1968, member of ZPAF and its Artistic Council (several terms of office). Originator of the International Drawing Triennial in Wrocław. Co-founder of the Permafo Gallery (with Natalia LL and Zbigniew Dłubak), which had a huge impact on Polish art. The gallery name originates from the notion of `permanent photography` proposed by Lachowicz. Major series: Shadow, Transplantations, Isomorphic Signs, Topologies. Lachowicz received scholarships from the New York Kosciuszko Foundation (1997), Verien Kulturokontakte in Vienna (1991) and Pro-Helvetia in Switzerland. Winner of the Katarzyna Kobro Award (2009). Over the course of his career, he has had several dozen important solo shows and has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. His works can be found in numerous museum and private collections, including: The Museum of Art in Łódź, The National Museum in Wrocław and The Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Wrocław.
Landscape from Samso (Denmark) from The Structures series
1968 / 1980s
gelatin silver print, 28.9 x 28.5 cm,
signature, date and title on the reverse,
edition: unspecified
The photograph comes from a series of works created on the Samso Island, Denmark. Lachowicz tried to deconstruct its landscape by making it unreal. The first shot was a typical landscape, then the artist gradually lowered the lens, making ever larger close-ups. The work was made by double negative exposure (straight forward view and its mirror reflection).
The work was shown at Lachowicz`s individual exhibition Resurrection, Art New Media Gallery, Warsaw (2009), which consisted of black-and-white photographs, produced mainly in the 1960s and 1970s and representing such series as Topologies, The Structures, Shadows.
Avant-garde artist, photographer, graphic artist, painter, art theoretician. He graduated from PWSSP in Wrocław (diploma in 1965). Since 1968, member of ZPAF and its Artistic Council (several terms of office). Originator of the International Drawing Triennial in Wrocław. Co-founder of the Permafo Gallery (with Natalia LL and Zbigniew Dłubak), which had a huge impact on Polish art. The gallery name originates from the notion of `permanent photography` proposed by Lachowicz. Major series: Shadow, Transplantations, Isomorphic Signs, Topologies. Lachowicz received scholarships from the New York Kosciuszko Foundation (1997), Verien Kulturokontakte in Vienna (1991) and Pro-Helvetia in Switzerland. Winner of the Katarzyna Kobro Award (2009). Over the course of his career, he has had several dozen important solo shows and has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. His works can be found in numerous museum and private collections, including: The Museum of Art in Łódź, The National Museum in Wrocław and The Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Wrocław.