Since 1973, the artist`s main interest has been in the illusoriness of the photographic medium. Demidowski is an author of two films and several installations and a ZPAF member. He collaborates on a permanent basis with the NN Gallery in Lublin. In 1972, he won the Lublin Visual Art Award for the most interesting artistic event. Participant in several dozen group and individual exhibitions, including Polish Experimental Photography, Photokina, Cologne (1972); Polish Contemporary Photography, Paris, Tokyo, Lausanne, Mexico City (1973-1974); 5th Biennial of Spatial Forms - Laboratory Cinema, EL Gallery, Elbląg (1973); New Cinema, Współczesna Gallery, Warsaw (1974); Out of Eastern Europe - Private Photography, MIT, Cambridge, USA (1985); Polish Intermedia Photography of the 1980s, Poznań (1988); Photographic Interplay with Reality, Łódź (1989); Fotoanarchiv II, Szombathely, Hungary (1990); Dreamers and Witnesses. Polish photography of the 20th century, National Museum in Cracow, The Arsenal (2008); Truth and Untruth in Photography, BWA, Lublin (2010); Conceptualism. The Photographic Medium, Museum of the City of Łódź (2010); Meta- Art-Conceptualisations, Zachęta, Lublin (2012). Works in collections: BWA Lublin, The Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lublin, CCA Ujazdowski Castle and private collections.
2010
gelatin silver print, 27.5 x 35.5 cm,
signature on the reverse of the print, frame and mat,
edition: 1/3 (this size)
The Illusory Images series started in 1994 as a continuation of The Real - Apparent project created in 1974.
Individual exhibitions: Illusory Images, NN Gallery, Lublin (2010), Jan Długosz Museum, Sandomierz (2011).
Since 1973, the artist`s main interest has been in the illusoriness of the photographic medium. Demidowski is an author of two films and several installations and a ZPAF member. He collaborates on a permanent basis with the NN Gallery in Lublin. In 1972, he won the Lublin Visual Art Award for the most interesting artistic event. Participant in several dozen group and individual exhibitions, including Polish Experimental Photography, Photokina, Cologne (1972); Polish Contemporary Photography, Paris, Tokyo, Lausanne, Mexico City (1973-1974); 5th Biennial of Spatial Forms - Laboratory Cinema, EL Gallery, Elbląg (1973); New Cinema, Współczesna Gallery, Warsaw (1974); Out of Eastern Europe - Private Photography, MIT, Cambridge, USA (1985); Polish Intermedia Photography of the 1980s, Poznań (1988); Photographic Interplay with Reality, Łódź (1989); Fotoanarchiv II, Szombathely, Hungary (1990); Dreamers and Witnesses. Polish photography of the 20th century, National Museum in Cracow, The Arsenal (2008); Truth and Untruth in Photography, BWA, Lublin (2010); Conceptualism. The Photographic Medium, Museum of the City of Łódź (2010); Meta- Art-Conceptualisations, Zachęta, Lublin (2012). Works in collections: BWA Lublin, The Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lublin, CCA Ujazdowski Castle and private collections.