Municipal Gallery of Art in Lodz. Chimera Gallery, 31 Wólczanska St.
Opening on Tuesday, June 21 at 18:00, exhibition until August 28, 2022
Photography captures reality. However, does it do so objectively? After all, it is we, the authors, who decide to select a piece of it. By enclosing it in a frame of a rectangle or square we give it a personal character, as we deprive it of its wider context. It is also often the case that in our already cropped image we can find small elements that can change the original narrative.
By detaching them from their context, we not only get a new story, but by the fact of enlarging a small part of the photo, we change its plastic quality. A sharp document transforms into a different, full of impressions image. The new quality draws us into a different reality, allows us to play with color and sharpness, elements that cannot be moved in a documentary.
Tomasz Sikora
Tom Sikora
He was born in 1948 in Warsaw.
In the 1970s, he worked as a photojournalist for the weekly Perspektywy and collaborated with leading Polish graphic designers, creating film and theater posters.
He is the author of dozens of solo exhibitions around the world and 86 author publications.
Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for achievements in artistic and creative work (2013). Long-time member of the Union of Polish Artists Photographers.
