JAN SMAGA - works
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Skins, 2007 |
![]() Skin, 2007, c-print, framed, dimensions of the frame 106 x 116 cm |
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Cosmos, 2007 A space landscape of the surface of human skin. |
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Untitled, 2004 The photographs depict a swimming pool covered with a layer of snow. The second photograph records the process of taking the first one - footsteps in the snow reflect the movement of the photographers who, in order to produce one large photo of the pool, had to take several dozen of fragmentary photographs, stomping on the fresh layer of snow with each step. In order to take the second photograph, the artists had to retrace their own footsteps. |
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Water, 2005 Photographic objects illuminated from the inside, depicting water which fills the irregular shapes of the swimming pools. Conceived as free-standing objects, the solids, covered with photographs of the water surface, correspond in shape and proportions to the interiors of three pools in the Warsaw district of Moczydlo. The inspiration to create a model of water as a solid of certain weight and proportions came from the observation of the process of filling and draining water from the pool which takes place each summer. "Water" is an attempt at interpreting this very process as an incessant and elusive sculptural act. |
![]() air photograph of a swimming pool complex in the Warsaw district of Moczydlo |
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YMCA, 2005 Monumental photographic documentation of the interiors of several floors of the YMCA building in Warsaw. The scan-like photographing technique, previously employed in the "Reflection" and "Plan" series, was used to create a three-dimensional, hybrid model of architectural "turned inside out". The logical sequence of the interiors was completely distorted and the architecture revealed its second, twisted and delusive face. |
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![]() YMCA, installation photo, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2005) ![]() ![]() YMCA, subsequent elements of the work | |||
Reflection, 2004 Reflection, exhibition photo, "Palimpset Museum", Poznanski Palace, Lodz (2004) Representative interior of a 19th century dining room in Poznanski Palace in Lodz was turned "inside out": rectangular prism, illuminated from the inside, was pasted over with "mirror" reflections of walls, floor and ceiling of the palace hall. This site-specific work was produced within the framework of the "Palimpsest Museum" exhibition (2004), curated by Aneta Szylak.. |
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Plan, 2003 "Plan" consists of 10 photographic compositions being a meticulous representation of 10 private apartments in Warsaw, all of which have been photographed from above. The exceptional effect of "scanning" was achieved through a special method: each view is a sum of several dozens of pictures which have been merged digitally. Every composition (apartment) comprises of a few discrete segments corresponding to the pattern in which walls divide the space into subsequent rooms. MORE WORKS FROM THE SERIES >> | |||