Size: 16 x 10,7 cm (including passe-partout)
on the reverse the artist's stamp
on the reverse: 'JERZY LEWCZYŃSKI ARCHIVE GLIWICE' stamp
Literature
Jerzy Lewczyński, "Archeology of Photography" works from 1941-2005, KROPKA Publishing House, September 2005, p. 106 (il.)
Biography
Graduate of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. In the 1950s, his works - which attempted to capture the interrelationships of carefully composed, symbolic objects and thus create a commentary on everyday life - were called "anti-photography," but he is inclined to call his activities "the theater of photography." Over time, he focused on activities called "archeology of photography" - he began to use in his works works of other authors, reproductions - forgotten, destroyed, finding in them a symbol of the battered past, traces of the touch of human hands or eyes. He presented his work, among others, in the exhibitions "Subjective Photography" (1968) and "Searching Photographers" (1971), "Boundary States of Photography" (1977). In 1988-1993 he was a lecturer at the ZPAF Higher School of Photography in Warsaw. Author of "Anthology of Polish Photography 1839-1989" (1999). Lewczyński's influence can be felt in the photographs of other artists, including Wojciech Prażmowski.
