Jan Berdyszak, from the series Sketches, mixed technique on paper, 44x57 cm unframed, 1968
Artwork information:Jan Berdyszak, from the series Sketches, mixed technique on paper, 44x57 cm in frame light, 1968, work on paper, mixed technique.Front top: signature Jan Berdyszak.Front bottom: 1968. work from a series of Sketches and Drawings created by the artist throughout his active period, especially in the first period of building his own philosophy of work in the 1960s and 1970s. The series is a piece of preparation for consideration in the processual ontology of the work, being a preparation for the final realizations. Sketches and drawings are like atoms-independent works of art in the universe of the artist's creative concept. Works from this series are in many private and museum collections, including the National Museum in Wroclaw. In 2012, Koscielak Gallery and the author donated a significant collection of works from this series to the National Museum in Wroclaw. On the occasion of the exhibition of works included in the gift, a monograph was published E.Kosciellak, M.Szafkowska, Jan Berdyszak. Sketches and Drawings, 2012, National Museum in Wroclaw.
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Jan Berdyszak (1934-2014) graduated in sculpture from the Higher School of Fine Arts (now University of Arts) in Poznan in 1958. He worked at his alma mater since 1965, serving as pro-rector in 1984-87. A versatile artist, he expressed himself in sculpture, painting, graphics, photography, mixed techniques, created stage designs, and wrote texts on the theory and philosophy of art. Jan Berdyszak's work was a process of building his own philosophy of work and creative process. At the center of his philosophy of the work were such concepts, described by him as "first entities", as emptiness, darkness, density, transparency, potentiality. Jan Berdyszak's creations can be divided both into periods and into threads that continue throughout his activity. These are the threads that introduce into the structure of the work real space, imaginary space, the concept of emptiness, shell, remainder, space-time and the philosophically and artistically elaborate concept of sacrum.
