assembly ofgelatin-silver prints, 3 x 11 cm, 3 x 18.5 cm, 4.8 x 6.2 cm (clear passe-partout)
signed and dated on front of passe-partout,
vintage
Analysis of human perception was an important theme in Wasko's workin the 1970s. In his realizations, he drew on the properties ofboththe medium of film and photography.
BIO
Painter, photographer,creator ofvideos and installations embedded in the tradition of conceptual art. Member of the Film Form Workshop group since 1970. Curator and organizer of international art events. In 1981,togetherwith the Lodz branch of the Solidarity Trade Union, he organized the legendary Construction in Process, duringwhichthe works of the most important Polish and international contemporaryartistswere presented. Under martial law, threatened with arrest, he moved to the West, first to London and later to Berlin. In 2007 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and two yearslaterthe Silver Medal "Meritoriousto Culture Gloria Artis." He has participated in many prestigious exhibitions and events, including four editions of the Venice Biennale, the SãoPaulo Biennale, documenta in Kassel, the Sydney Biennale and the Paris Biennale. His works are in public and private collections in Poland and around the world.
