Dimensions: 30 x 40.5 cm (sheet)
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Mikołaj Smoczyński | "The Secret Performance" | Photograph 1987'.
described on the reverse: 'Galerie L'Ollave, Lyon'.
on the reverse a sticker De Baecque et Associés, Paris
Origin
De Baecque et Associés, Paris
private collection, Poland
Biography
Painter, photographer, draughtsman, performer and installation artist. Studied at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Since 1979, he has been a teacher at the Institute of Visual Education of the UMCS. The artist focuses on analyzing the material used and exploring issues of place, plane and space. He is the author of so-called true paintings - reliefs imprinted in paint-covered canvases. The painterly beauty of raw material is also discernible in his photographic works, which depict isolated fragments of reality, such as fragments of a wall, a concrete floor or sagging plaster.
