Janusz Plota
It's an X-ray the city with my own X-ray machine. Scanning the gallery, which is the former city bath, brings out the blurred memory, the hidden energy of the city. The energy stuck in the walls of the gallery is a polemic, joy, pain and a whisper of the city of Gdańsk. I combined the found energy of the earth with the energy of heaven, my light ray of hope.
An X-ray of a city of Gdansk and non city/ Janusz Plota/2011/ Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art/Gdansk/Poland,Zdobyslaw Gorski.
Born in 1957, Poland. Studies at PWSSP in Gdansk 1980-86 ( MA ).2014 doctor’s degree from Academy of Fine Arts in Katovic. Creator TransitartEurope (1983). Intermedia artist: drawing, painting, object, sculpture ,performance. Curator of international archetypical art projects in Poland, Europe and Asia. Numerous indyvidual and group exhibitions in Poland, Europe and Asia. Conferences and residences around the word.4 times repeated Culture and Art Ministry stipendist, 7 Times Marshal of Pomeranian Province stipendist, 7 times Cultural Grant of the City of Gdansk stipendist. Art Works located in museums and collections in Poland, Europe ,Asia, USA and Australia. The philosophy of TransitartEurope (TAE ) permitted the artist to realize an important curatorial projects , which broadened the image of trans-border art in Poland and Europe: Ecoart Europe 2014-2020, Stodola Szumilowo Gallery Pl.Curator of GSS Gallery- from 2010 to the 2020.Curator 2010-2020 Ecoart Projects GSS Gallery. Curator Ecoaart GSS Festival 2020/21 ,PL.
Transarchetypicalart - The process of creating art – the phenomenon of its continuous movement and migration is the subject of my research, which takes the form of observations, meetings, conferences, symposia, recordings, projects and exhibitions. For many years now, well, actually, since Transitart Formation was established in 1993 , I have been exploring and researching transitart, as I called it. I compare the process of creation in cultures and subcultures of Europe and the world. I got interested in the archetypical sign, form and figure as a civilizational indicator and guidepost. The latest research and archeological findings let us link distant cultures in one sequence of civilizational events. I am, of course, aware that independence of creation existed in distant places and times before cultures got closer and became interlinked. Universalism and independence – the two cultural poles – once so remote – became very close in the era of mass media communication.
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