Dimensions: 32 x 37 cm (dimensions of the binding)
On the reverse stamps: 'Opałka Foundation' and 'Exlibris Ewa & Marek Pietkiewicz'.
the work is accompanied by a book by Robert Stiller titled "Petrified Ship" containing an illustration by Roman Opalka
Literature
Roman Opałka, Catalogue of early works, Opałka Foundation, Warsaw 1998, p. 10, item 350 (ill.)
Biography
Spent the war in Germany, returned to France in 1945, came to Poland a year later. In 1950 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, and in 1950-56 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Since 1965 he was active in France. A representative of conceptualism. Initially, he created acidorites (including the series Describing the World); later, spatial compositions made of canvas, called "hoverboards"; and from 1965 he began to cover his canvases, which he called "details" with rows of consecutive numbers, starting from one (the first was written with numbers from 1 to 35327), which was supposed to reflect the passage of time. The canvases were accompanied by a photograph of the artist's face showing signs of aging and a recording of his voice. He is the recipient of many awards, including: C.K. Norwid Art Criticism Award. He participated in the Sao Paulo Biennale (1969 and 1977), Documenta in Kassel (1977 ), Venice Biennale (1995).
