herbarium5 - Limited Edition 1 of 15 Photograph

Krzysztof Janicki – born in 1954, in Olsztyn, Poland. I work in the area of graphic art, painting, photography and graphic designs. Currently, I live and work in my studio situated outside Olsztyn in a small countryside town. I am very fond of a mezzotint technique. It is a copperplate engraving technique which has been around for 400 years. First of all, a drawing is created on a copper plate. Then, a limited number of copies is produced using a special type of paper. The maximum of copies is 50. And finally, each copy is signed, numbered and provided with a title. A deep black colour and velvety light singles out mezzotint from all other known techniques. Small objects usually whisper their stories in my works just like actors who are performing their quiet show. The objects are uprooted from their usual surrounding and put together anew. They create a separate microcosm which brings hidden meanings and takes the spectators on a journey of imagination. My goal is not to reconstruct (copy) the reality but to encourage the viewers to break from the accepted perception of the reality. The compositions disturb and unveil the new, hidden meanings of the objects. They lead to the metaphysical world of thoughts. I encourage the spectators to undertake this journey and discover the eternal mystery piercing our universe.