Dimensions: 40 x 26 x 6 cm (entire)
Signature: on the reverse of the author's stickers with a description of the work, a sticker from the Krzysztofory Gallery from 1987 and a sticker from the Museum of Art in Lodz.
Provenance
Poznan, private collection
Exhibited
Cracow, Krzysztofory Gallery, 7th Exhibition of the Cracow Group, July-August 1987.
Marek Piasecki's work encompassed a wide spectrum of genres and techniques used by the artist. In addition to classical photography, collages and assemblages, from the second half of the 1950s Piasecki created subtle and delicate miniatures, i.e. painting with elements of heliographic technique, collage and relief. In 1957, the Second Cracow Group was reactivated, whose interests included Surrealism, Tashism, Informel, matter painting and the broadly defined object. As part of this grouping, Piasecki began working on his first miniatures. These were abstract objects that gave the artist room to experiment freely with matter. As part of these experiments, Piasecki combined objet trouvé with activities from the field of photography using light and chemistry to achieve a painterly effect. Abstract miniatures using the technique of heliography were characterized by free stains and gradations of color from white through gray to intense black and the visual effects resembled spilled liquid or inflamed matter. This made them an interesting example of the creative reception of informel and matter painting in the medium of photography. On the other hand, they were a contemplation of the found object, which brought Piasecki's work closer to Dadaism and conceptualism, which found its full development in the collages and assemblages of the 1960s.
