Andrew Szewczyk, WITNESS, 1989

41 x 28.5 cm - oak wood, lead

Signed on the reverse in lead med: A. Szewczyk
in the l.g. corner, sticker with details of the artist and the painting; next to the lead: Galerie Ucher | Köln

♣ Droit de suite: ♣ An additional fee will be added to the Purchase Price based on the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Law of February 4, 1994 - on Copyright and Related Rights (droit de suite).

Andrzej Szewczyk (Szopienice k. Katowic 1950 - Cieszyn 2001) in the late 1960s was associated with the Krakow art community centered around the Krzysztofory Gallery, and formed friendships with Krzysztof Niemczyk and Tomasz Wawak. In 1974-78 he studied Visual Education at the University of Silesia. Since 1977, he constantly cooperated with Warsaw's Foksal Gallery, where he exhibited many times. He settled permanently in the village of Kaczyce Górne. His diverse oeuvre inspired by poetry and literature provoked viewers to make their own associations. He expressed himself in visual as well as written language. In the early 1980s he also created installations from crayon and pencil cuttings, while his later realizations acquire richer content. He was a representative of conceptual art. He did not live to see the opening of the last exhibition of his works at Poznan's Muzalewska Gallery, which he personally consulted with the organizers. He died shortly before its grand opening.