He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Science and Technology during the years 1960-65. Two years later, he left for France. Starting from the 90s, he has lived and worked in Paris and Kazimierz Dolny. His first well-known cycle of a reportage and sociological character, yet with accentuated photogenic attributes - Barrier - was created in 1977. Since 1984, the artist has been realizing his own artistic idea, called photosynthesis, involving the multiple superposition and exposure of photographs similar in terms of theme and form with the purpose of creating a synthetic image. This method has its roots both in the photographic portraits of the early 20th century by Alvin Langdon Coburn, as well as slightly later ones by Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, and in the concept of searching for synthesis present in Renaissance painting (including Leonardo da Vinci) and symbolic painting (Paul Gauguin).
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gelatin silver print, vintage print on Baryta paper, 25 x 36.6 cm
signed, dated and described at the bottom: 'SYNAGOGA WARSZAWSKA FOTOSYNTEZA K PRUSZKOWSKI 89'
He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Science and Technology during the years 1960-65. Two years later, he left for France. Starting from the 90s, he has lived and worked in Paris and Kazimierz Dolny. His first well-known cycle of a reportage and sociological character, yet with accentuated photogenic attributes - Barrier - was created in 1977. Since 1984, the artist has been realizing his own artistic idea, called photosynthesis, involving the multiple superposition and exposure of photographs similar in terms of theme and form with the purpose of creating a synthetic image. This method has its roots both in the photographic portraits of the early 20th century by Alvin Langdon Coburn, as well as slightly later ones by Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, and in the concept of searching for synthesis present in Renaissance painting (including Leonardo da Vinci) and symbolic painting (Paul Gauguin).
Additional Charge Details:
- In addition to the hammer price, the successful bidder agrees to pay us a buyer's premium on the hammer price of each lot sold. On all lots we charge 18 %.
- To this lot we apply 'artist's resale right' ('droit de suite') fee. Royalties are calculated using a sliding scale of percentages of the hammer price.