Dimensions: 61 x 91.5 cm (clear frame)
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Michal Smandek | Skeletons, 2016 | Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia | 1/5 + AP'.
1/5 + AP
Biography
Graduate of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Silesia in Katowice, PhD student at the University of Arts in Poznan. Winner of the ShowOff section of the Month of Photography in Krakow (2015), participant of the International Biennale of Land Art LAM 360° in Mongolia (2014), scholarship holder of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship in the field of culture (2015). He lives and works in Katowice.
Michal Smandek is engaged in the interdependence of human and natural activities, modifications of space, researching and testing the properties of matter. During his travels, he seeks inaccessible places, which become the background for land-art activities. He creates sculptures, installations and photographs. He appropriates situations with a high art factor for his own purposes. His works are based on keen observation, looking at barely perceptible processes, awareness of the gesture being made.
