Dimensions: photograph no. 1: 20.5 x 29.3 cm
photograph no. 2: 20.5 x 29.3 cm
photograph No. 3: 19.7 x 28.7 cm
photograph no. 4: 21.5 x 27 cm
signed, dated and described on the back of each work
on the back of each work the author's stamp
Exhibited
cf. "Jerzy Lewczynski. Archaeology of Photography. Works from 1941-2005," Museum of Art in Lodz, April-May 2005, "Stary Browar" Gallery in Poznan, May/June 2005, National Museum in Wroclaw, September-October 2005, Museum of the History of Photography in Krakow, January-February 2006, BWA and Galeria Pusta in Katowice, March-April 2006.
Literature
Jerzy Lewczynski. Archaeology of Photography. Works from 1941-2005, ed. Krzysztof Jurecki, Ireneusz Zjeżdżałka, September 2005, pp. 100-101 (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, at 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.
