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visually, whatever is happening on the ground. I like
repetitive rhythm patterns. I find the focal point (a person,
an animal, or a plant), around which I build the story. I look
for simple symbols that are comprehensible to everyone. I
don’t want the focal points to be some accidentally added
elements, but to be one form of a corresponding piece,
ones which raise suspense and complement one another.
What makes a collector’s piece of photography?
Photography is generally repetitive. From an original
digital piece, one can make thousands of prints, just like
we used to be able to copy one plate into multiple prints.
That influences the price (the more there are, the less it’s
worth). For a copy to have some value to the audience it
needs to be rehashed as little as possible. it happened a
couple of times, that I have sold an original, single piece of
my work. This makes the collector feel unique. More often
I sell 30 signed copies of one work.
I want to create
a realistic illusion
And why the square-frame?
Many reasons: first of all, I have a sentiment for ( I am
sentimental about ) the 6x6cm form which was so popular
in analogue cameras of my youth (inter alia Start, Pentacon
Six, Rolleiflex). This form is easier to compose from.
Secondly, a square has the peace and harmony, which, as
I mentioned before, I am looking for. Finally, I just want to
be original, a square among rectangles.
You are the creator of a new and surrealistic world,
where does your inspiration come from?
Mainly from nature. I travel a lot, trying to find new
motives for my works. It appears to me that nature is
most diverse and rich in inspiration. I have a couple of my
favourite places in Poland, every time I visit them, they
look different, which always surprises me. The Dunes in
Czołpin near Łeba is one of those places. I have visited it
at least several dozen times throughout different seasons
and at different times of the day, each time finding a new
idea to add to my compositions. Another place like that is
Jeziorsko on the Warta river, it’s a unique landscape and
at times an unreal one. It has been a base for many of my
works.
Your works have been compared to the ones by Salvador
Dalí, do you have a favourite artist?
Yes, I have heard about these comparisons but I feel a lot
closer to René Magritte. For years I had been a painter, now
I use that experience when I work on my computer. I also
enjoy pieces by Jacek Malczewski, his use of the reds and
shadows is remarkable. I adore Beksiński, I have also heard
some of my darker works being compared to his. I am keen
on impressionists, but most of all on Francis Bacon. It is
impossible to list all the artists close to my heart.
I have read somewhere that your private ambition is to
create a visual Esperanto. Could you elaborate on this?
They say “a painting is worth a thousand of words”. Through
the use of simple visual symbols, like a tree or doors, we
can reach a diverse audience, without even knowing
their language. Esperanto was supposed to be the lingua
franca, what Latin used to be. It was supposed to allow
communication between people from all over the world.
My works hang on the walls of houses standing on almost
all the continents, that probably means that they are
comprehensible to people from cultures fundamentally
different to my own.
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