09.05.2024 (Thursday), at 18:30 / POLECZKI.ART, Warsaw Ursynów, Poleczki Street 58 / PARKING: Goniony Street or in front of the studio / Directions: bus 148, 165 / stop at Hołubcowa 02 or Hołubcowa 01 on demand / FREE ENTRY!
We would like to invite you to a unique meeting with a legend of Polish photography - Wojciech Prazmowski, professor, doctor habilitated in the field of film art and lecturer at the PWSFTviT in Lodz, one of the most famous Polish artists involved in creative photography.
"The First World Exhibition of Broken Photographs" from 1989, presented at the ZPAF's Mala Gallery in Warsaw, elevated the author to the rank of one of the most important contemporary photographers. In the 1980s and 1990s, he devoted himself to creating objects and installations, as well as staged color photography, only to surprise at the turn of the century with a turn to black-and-white documentary and stories about the political transformation in our country.
Photos from his travels in Venice, Vigo and Rhodes, on the other hand, are a view of the world, devoid of people and politics. However, his daily life in the countryside just over the border from Belarus, where he moved a few years ago, brings a different picture.
From photomontage to classic documentary photography, his work is a fascinating journey through the years, inspired by his search for perfect forms and light.
We extremely look forward to the opportunity of this conversation. We very much invite you to participate in it as well. See you there.
WOJCIECH PRAŻMOWSKI
Wojciech Prazmowski, born in 1949 in Czestochowa, is an outstanding Polish photographer. He is a professor and holds a doctorate in film art. He represents the current of creative photography. He studied at the Škole Vytvarna Fotografie in Brno, graduating in 1974. He is currently a lecturer at PWSFTviT in Lodz and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and a member of the Association of Polish Artists Photographers.
His artistic career began in the 1970s, and his breakthrough came in 1989 with the "First World Exhibition of Rotten Photographs" exhibition (Small Gallery of ZPAF in Warsaw), where he presented an innovative approach to the staging and use of Jerzy Lewczynski's concept of family and anonymous photographs.
Since the second half of the 1990s, Prazmowski has been creating photo-objects, also taking an interest in photographic documentaries, as exemplified by his book "White-Red-Black" (1999), which tells the story of Poland in the 1990s.
He uses photomontage and interventions in the positive image, searching for new meanings in his work, including, since the beginning of the 21st century, experimenting with combining color photography with the concept of photographic document.
Participant in more than 350 photographic exhibitions at home and abroad. Works in the collections of, among others: Museum of Art in Lodz, CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, National Museum in Warsaw, MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York, Strieped House Museum of Art in Tokyo and private collections.
FRAME WORKS
This is a series of open meetings organized by the POLECZKI.ART collective, to which we invite all photographers who are looking for inspiration and support in developing their workshop. We want these meetings to bring together people with similar interests, so that we can exchange ideas and learn from each other.