Aqua Obscura I Lambda-print, 130 x 125 cm, 100 x 95 cm, edition 5 each Aqua Obscura 2000-2001
Aqua Obscura
/.../ In Aqua Obscura the streaming, clear and transparent water is replaced by the stagnant water of a pond, soiled by floating seeds and waiting for new life, and photo portraits from the past. It seems a pool of oblivion into which the effigies of loved ones are doomed to disappear. These are the waters of death, yet temporarily, just for a bit, it is a place of remembrance./..../ The Symbolic Imagery of Krystyna Ziach, text by Florent Bex, from the book Infinity & Archê / Krystyna Ziach, 2006, published by Thieme Art, NL Translation: Hanny Keulers Florent Bex, honorary director of the Museum of Contemporary Art MuHKA, Antwerp, BE read more on : Documents & Press