Krystyna Ziach
kunstinzicht.nlGalerie Fontana Amsterdam, The Attraction of Decay
08-12-2018 t/m 16-02-2019
In the spirit of Fontana, the overall themes in this exhibition are decay, vulnerability and architecture.

Lambda-print, 170 x 125 cm, framed

Ephemeral Library XIII & Ephemeral Library II, 170 x 125 cm, each, framed
Art Fair PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Fontana Amsterdam, booth 103
18-11-2018 t/m 25-11-2018

lambda-print, 170 x 125 cm, framed
Ephemeral Library is a series of photoworks focusing on the temporary nature of an incidentally developing ‘library’. Pictures of a collection of books, newspapers, magazines, advertising leaflets, handwritten letters, notes etcetera, together make up the images of the photoworks. In fact the ‘library’ merely exists at the moment the photograph is taken. The temporary and chaotic nature of the body of this tangible profusion of information makes it difficult to be deciphered or read. It seems as if it loses its initial meaning. The paper, with on the one hand the materiality of its sculptural character and on the other the immateriality of its content, plays a part in the work. Opposites such as individual/collective and anonymous/personal and the paradox of ‘beauty and poverty’ also play a part in the work. Several photoworks in the series refer to archetypal shapes such as the column/obelisk and the pyramid/mastaba.The photoworks furthermore emphasize the perishable nature of the complete overproduction of ‘sense and nonsense’ on paper. Translation: Hanny Keulers

Ephemeral Library XIII, 170 x125 cm, framed & Ephemeral Library VIII, 160 x 60 cm, framed