Size: 47.5 x 37 cm (in light of passe-partout)
Signed and dated l.d.: 'J Lewczyński 1959'.
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 actions "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, in 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.
