Mann
Geboren in: Lublin (Poland) am 16 Juli 1951.
Derzeit wohnhaft in: Swieradow - Zdroj (Poland).
Aktivität:
To understand my artistic challenges, I would like to go back to the 80s of the last century.
As a young man full of artistic passion, I decided to design and manufacture woolen
tapestries. In my studio in Groningen (Netherlands), I learned the weaving technique. I
also started to learn the technique of dyeing sheep wool. The existing weaving frames did
not satisfy me, so I decided to design new frames according to my own idea. It took me a
lot of time and energy. After some time I got positive results. In the first half of the 80s, I
designed and made several tapestries. They were both classic and modern designs.
It was also there that I organized the first exhibition of my works. This exhibition was
received positively by the local community and the local press. In the second half of the
80s, I moved to a place near Amsterdam, where I still designed and produced new
tapestries. Then I also made my largest tapestry (200x100cm) which I called: Jesus in
Gethsemane. This tapestry from the 80s still hangs in a church in Almere near Amsterdam.
In the early 90s, I started working more commercially. I started with making industrial
design racks for small electronics, made of wood (american cherry) as well as metal. Some
projects have been registered in the Benelux modelling office in Luxemburg. I made
contacts in interior designs shops in Amsterdam, as well as in other cities in the
Netherlands. Over the years, I still have not stopped looking for new artistic methods,
something new, which is not yet known. It has always been my passion and remains so to
this day.
Somewhere from 2013 or 2015 I started to be passionate about the colours of nylon and
plastic (PVC). In our everyday life, people use products made from these materials a lot. I
decided to use these materials in my art works. My passion was to obtain controlled forms
from these materials. For my work I use strings from these materials. To get the right
forms, I use hot air and special stencils. My big challenge is to get different forms and
control this process. The time and temperature of the hot air are very important. The
beginning of the process of obtaining the right forms was very difficult. But after many
experiments, I was able to positively control this process. The results are my latest art
works. I do not know if this process is known in the modern art world.
My latest artistic works are wooden disks with a diameter of 30 to 40 cm. These disks are
painted in different colours. These disks are the background on which my art projects
made of nylon and plastic are mounted. They are glued to wooden sticks under different
angles a few centimeters from the disk surface. These figures are often finished with
pieces of amber. I also introduced semiprecious stones in 2 artworks as a new experiment.