Prominent Poles
Wojciech Kazimierz (aka Wojtek) Siudmak, Polish-French painter
Born: October 10, 1942, Wielun, Poland
Early days. He finished the primary school in Wielun and then went from 1956 to 1961 to the Liceum Sztuk Plastycznych (Fine Arts High school) in Warsaw. From 1961 to 1966 he studied painting at the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw getting the title of ‘magister malarstwa ‘ (master of painting). He went to France in 1966 and studied art at the l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He finished his studies in 1968 and decided to stay permanently in France.
Career. He is considered to be a leading representative of fantastic realism which has its roots in surrealism represented by Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. According to some critics his art captivates by a renaissance virtuosity and perfectionism. His work is characterized by unusual imagination; he creates human- machines hybrids, charts the visions of cataclysms. He authored the drawings and illustrations to the Polish editions of the science-fictions novels “Dune” by Frank Herbert. He designed the covers of disks “Ocean” and “Ocean 2” for the group “Eloy.” As of 1988 there were several retrospective exhibitions of his works. Of particular importance was hishis official exhibition presenting the beginning of III millennium. His paintings were also projected in 2000 on the facade of Medinet Habu (Ramses III temple in Luxor , Egypt). During 2003-2004 his exhibitions took place in 8 Polish museums. On the other hand his works are often criticized by reviewers as kitsch.
Awards and distinctions. Order of Merit, Poland; honorary citizen of Wielun, Poland and of Gaillac and Ozoir-la-Ferrière, France
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Large collection of Siudmak's works
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