Forever lost in transit an artist profile of piotr zbierski. Wild dogs in paris white elephant by piotr zbierski. I love that part of the work, to be surrounded by hundreds of contact sheets and to look for the images that stay with me in my memory, that speak for others. As a consequence i attempt to extract an underlying structure, which. Dec 26, 2015 his major series to date, white elephants 20082012, pass by me 20102012 and love has to be reinvented 20122014, are the result of chance encounters on his ongoing travels through europe and india. Lab east 30 photographic positions from central and eastern.
Dream of white elephant the first chapter is mainly concerned with the. They do not talk about the world as such, but rather about its structure. Between him and the other side of the camera, the distance is very short, as if to. Kolga tbilisi photo 2012 after 10 years of successful track record of running annual photo contest, highlights of 2012 will be extension of kolga award into kolga tbilisi photo. A book published under the same title will be presented for the first time during the. Piotr zbierski studied photography at national film school. And then i realized that the world of my dreams is equally full of memories as my real life. This also, in a way, applies to the visual language of piotr zbierski poland, 1987. Piotr zbierski author, eleonora jedlinska, piotr zbierski, patti smith. Piotr zbierski love has to be reinvented burn magazine. This book is necessary not because the work presented on its pages is eastern, but because of. Presented as a triptych, it is comprised of series which closely interrelate so that in each what has gone before leads on to the next, creating a sense of continuity and structure. Making thousands of pictures on the road, zbierski explains how he edits them down to their final form. From kehrer galerie, piotr zbierski, untitled love has to be reinvented series, poland 20, digital fine art print, 50.
And then i realized that the world of my dreams is equally full of memories as my real life, so it is the real being and also richer, deeper, full of episodes, and more precise in many details. As well as magazines shots magazine, ninja mag, archivo zine. As an anthropologist, the author refers to the roots, to what was before the image. Piotr zbierski s photographic work from white elephants pass by me tells of the dimensions of chance contact between strangers who very often meet only fleetingly. Author of three individual exhibitions white elephants, here, childhood dreams, participant in collective exhibitions and publications including photokina and lab east. Dream of the white elephants, love has to be reinvented, stones were lost from the base. Piotr zbierski untitled love has to be reinvented series. Piotr zbierski push the sky away the leica 6 x 7 gallery in warsaw is presenting a comprehensive exhibition of works by piotr zbierski, winner of the 2012 leica oskar barnack newcomer award. The triptych encompasses the earlier series dream of white elephants and love has to be reinvented along with the photographers most recent. Polish photographer piotr zbierski recently received a leica award for his work. Piotr zbierski, untitled from the white elephants series, 2010, bw negative, ink jet print, 60x45 cm, ed.
Dream of white elephants and love has to be reinvented. Author of three individual exhibitions white elephants, here, love has to be reinvented, participant in collective exhibitions and publications including. Push the sky away is piotr zbierski s first major publication. Rising photographers, up and coming photographers letter z.
His new book push the sky away consists of three separate. Thats what im most interested in a dialogue between the mental time and the common time, as well as the relationship with the past. It will also be the launch of the polish edition of the book under the same title. He studied photography at the national film school in lodz. White elephant forms part of piotrs book push the sky away. The triptych consists of the stones were lost from base and two earlier cycles. White elephant forms part of piotr s book push the sky away. Piotr zbierski first gained international attention in 2012, when he won the leica oskar barnack newcomer award for his series pass by me. The leica 6 x 7 gallery in warsaw is presenting a comprehensive exhibition of works by piotr zbierski, winner of the 2012 leica oskar barnack newcomer award.
When venasque told me about diaries of cocteau, i came across this fragment, which deeply affected me. Piotr zbierski push the sky away leica gallery warsaw. Prime 21 series kickoff at kehrer berlin exhibition. Piotr zbierski push the sky away galerie confluence.
Push the sky away is a triptych, with each part of the work the consequence of what has gone before, as well as leading on to the next. Tom hoops introduces wild dogs in paris exhibition at magic. Archive leica gallery warsaw leica galleries leica. Author of three individual exhibitions white elephants, here, love has to be reinvented, participant in collective exhibitions and publications including photokina and lab east. Alongside the earlier dream of white elephants and love has to be. Love has to be reinvented photographs and text by piotr. In the words of piotr zbierski, i chose photography because it lets me. When brought together, they form a kind of galaxy, in the middle of which piotr zbierski stands. His major series to date, white elephants 20082012, pass by me 20102012 and love has to. In the diaries of cocteau, i came across this fragment, which deeply affected me. Sep 14, 2015 authenticity, not originality, is zbierski s goal.
White elephants piotr zbierski poland lacrimosa sara angelucci canada aleli waldemart klyuzko memorial robert hutinski slovenia, pavel banka czech republic, anna block russia my place dina oganova georgia 1900 the night of photography. Piotr zbierski born 1987 in lodzpoland studied photography from 2006 to 2012 at the state university for film, television and theatre leon schiller in lodz. The opening of the exhibition will take place at leica 6. We are proud to present the latest project of piotr zbierski.
Push the sky away is a triptych, with each part of the work the consequence of what has gone. For love has to be reinvented 2nd chapter zbierski was led by the ideal to give visual shape to his personal memories. Author of three individual exhibitions white elephants, here, love has to be. I love that part of the work, to be surrounded by hundreds of contact sheets and to look for the images that stay with me in my. A book published under the same title will be presented for the. Piotr zbierskis photographs presented at the exhibition are very personal. Thus, it is a real being, perhaps even richer, deeper, more precise in many details and more full of episodes than the. Photo book corner is a lisbon based online retailer of contemporary photography books and a new alternative resource for all photo book lovers. Shortly after graduating, he won the leica oskar barnack newcomer award for his portfolio white elephants pass by me, which included work from travels through europe and india.
Dream of white elephant the first chapter is mainly concerned with the encounter of strangers in passing many of them children and animals. White elephants was a project five years in the making 20082012, during which he photographed the people he met during his travels, with a uniquely impressionistic approach. In this life, from countless moments, thousands and thousands of enigmatic films spin off, which an observer will never get to see entirely. Dream of the white elephants, love has to be reinvented, stones were lost from. The push the sky away project combines three of the young photographers series. He is the author of three individual exhibitions white elephants, here, love has to be reinvented, and a participant in many collective exhibitions and publications including photokina and lab east. An artist profile of piotr zbierski visual resonances. Dream of white elephants love has to be reinvented stones were lost from the base jedlinska, eleonora, zbierski, piotr, smith. It is a creative path that has given me an interest in the primeval cultures from which our own cultural codes have grown. He presented his works in many countries like poland, germany, portugal, russia, slovakia. White elephants introduction love has to be reinvented introduction.
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