This limited edition Acrylic Glass Print, designed by Marcin Bialas, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Printed on archival-quality photo paper mounted on the back of a 1/8" thick, clear acrylic substrate, this artwork comes ready to hang on a wire attached to a wooden frame fixed on the back.
Art work comes from "Room vith a View" series. The graphics and drawings I create are somehow based on the reality which surrounds me - they are attempts to interpret the images of the city and the influence it had on my knowledge and my awareness of the city's own rules. My aim is not to recreate or copy the modern world but rather to create an alternative reality for it. The world created in my graphics is based on the common phenomena such as the structure of urban architecture, social infrastructure, and the constant changes and movements in the space of urban landscape. In my artworks I realize certain assumption - a need to show human presence without representing them in a figurative way. The idea of human presence as silhouettes, which was often used in earlier works, became reduced to images and symbols of the city's establishments, which become anthropomorphisized. The notion of genius loci - protective spirit of a city, is very important in my works. It gives the space its individual character and makes it feel unique. A spirit of a place is not something tangible, it's a specific atmosphere of private places, which is closed in the apartments and houses, and public places, where human presence is essential for their existence. Finally all the graphics I created within the last 9-10 years aim at finding my own identity in the urban agglomeration.
Katowice, Poland
