Krystyna Ziach
kunstinzicht.nlContainer '96, Art Across the Oceans, Copenhagen Capital of Culture 1996, Copenhagen, DN
01-06-1996 t/m 31-08-1996
Curated by Flor Bex of the Museum of Contemporary Art MuHKA Antwerp, as curator for Northern Europe on the occasion of Copenhagen European Capital of Culture 1996
With a.o.: G. Bijl, T. Dean, Kcho
Catalogue, text by Florent Bex, M.W. Hansen, 158 pages, published by Copenhagen Cultural Capital of Europe 1996
Photograph 240 x 120 cm, sheet of corroded iron 240 x 100 cm, mounted on MDF-plates, sea salt
Exhibition Art Across the Oceans, Copenhagen Cultural Capital of Europe 1996
Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art MuKHA, Antwerp, BE
/.../ The Amsterdam container has a ritual character. Three materials: water, iron and salt are used symbolically to depict the principles of time. The water, which runs down over the photographic self-portrait of the artist, symbolises life-giving water, birth and man’s unconscious. The rusty iron depicts transitoriness, and the salt stands for cleansing and immortality./.../
The Fountain of Time / Krystyna Ziach, text, by M. W. Hansen, art critic based in Copenhagen, DN, 1996
Solo exhibition Arché, Installation, The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL, curated by Frits Giertsberg
13-01-1996 t/m 11-02-1996
Frits Gierstberg, 1996, curator of the Netherlands Photography Institute, Rotterdam, NL
The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL
Two lambda-prints, diasec, wooden frames, 185 x 95 each
Solo exhibition Archê, 1995-1996, Installation
The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL
The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL, curated by Frits Gierstberg
Archê
"Krystyna Ziach is known for her “photo-sculptures”, photos incorporated in monumental spatial constructions. Ziach uses combinations of photography and sculptural elements to create illusory effects which serve the symbolism that she expresses in her work. “Archê” – which is the Greek word for “origin” – is the title of her new show. This universal concept refers to the leitmotiv of “water” or “the wet element” which is implied. Water can be understood as a metaphore for transience and the passing of time. In Archê water is also the symbolic transformation from the material to the spiritual".
Translation : Hanny Keulers
Archê - Krystyna Ziach, text by Frits Giertsberg, 1996, curator of the Netherlands Photography Institute in Rotterdam
The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL
Frame and socle made oout of corroded iron, on the surface of the photograph a filmic layer of water in permanent circulation; lambda-print 175 x 135 cm, diasec, socle 50 x 50 x50 cm with a system for a permanent water circulation
Solo exhibition Archê, 1995-1996, Installation
The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL
The Netherlands Photography Institute, 1996, Rotterdam, NL