Piasecki was interested in photography and film from his youth. He studied history of art at the Jagiellonian University. Member of the Cracow Group (from 1958). Apart from reportage and his characteristic style of document, he also portrayed people from his milieu. He photographed Miron Białoszewski, Nikifor, Zdzisław Beksiński and Jerzy Lewczyński, with whom he became friends at the end of the 1950s. Piasecki participated in the 2nd and 3rd Exhibition of Modern Art in Warsaw (1957, 1959). From the end of the 1950s, he was involved an intense artistic and exhibition activity. His own studio was transformed into an "art object," whose fragments were shown at exhibitions. In 1967, he emigrated to Sweden at the invitation of Konsthall in Lunds. In recent years, his works have been rediscovered in Poland thanks to the following exhibitions: Marek Piasecki. Heliographs, Starmach Gallery, Cracow (2007), Marek Piasecki. Fragile, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2008/ 2009).
1962-1965
two photographs framed by the author, mixed technique, gelatin silver prints, 14 x 9 cm, 12 x 9 cm,
author`s stamp on the reverse of each photograph,
unique objects
vintage prints
The Miniatures series was created as a result of the artist`s search for new solutions in the area of photographic techniques. They are an effect of the action of reagents on photographic paper. Sometimes, Piasecki glued items to photographs, which, by contacting the photosensitive paper, created collage-like compositions. As a result of these experiments, he managed to create works with abstract forms.
The works from this series were shown at the following exhibitions: Marek Piasecki, Starmach Gallery, Cracow (2004), Polska Institutet, Stockholm (2005); Marek Piasecki. Fragile, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2008); Collection. Twenty Years of the Starmach Gallery, the National Museum, Cracow (2009).
Piasecki was interested in photography and film from his youth. He studied history of art at the Jagiellonian University. Member of the Cracow Group (from 1958). Apart from reportage and his characteristic style of document, he also portrayed people from his milieu. He photographed Miron Białoszewski, Nikifor, Zdzisław Beksiński and Jerzy Lewczyński, with whom he became friends at the end of the 1950s. Piasecki participated in the 2nd and 3rd Exhibition of Modern Art in Warsaw (1957, 1959). From the end of the 1950s, he was involved an intense artistic and exhibition activity. His own studio was transformed into an "art object," whose fragments were shown at exhibitions. In 1967, he emigrated to Sweden at the invitation of Konsthall in Lunds. In recent years, his works have been rediscovered in Poland thanks to the following exhibitions: Marek Piasecki. Heliographs, Starmach Gallery, Cracow (2007), Marek Piasecki. Fragile, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2008/ 2009).