Marian Kasperczyk (b. 1956), Rouen Cathedral (from the series Cathedral according to Claude Monet), 2013
Acrylic on canvas (author's Back to Front Painting technique), 44 x 35.5 cm.
Signed, dated, title and place of execution on the back.
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Marian Kasperczyk was born in 1956 in Oswiecim. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (1976-1978) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (1979-1981). Since 1981, he has been working and living in Paris.
**Beginning in 1988, Marian Kasperczyk has been working according to his own technique, called by himself "back to front". This technique involves squeezing acrylic paint through an unprimed canvas from the other side. Depending on the angle and nature of the incident light, forms of "appearing or disappearing" faces, hands. etc. emerge from the monochromatic canvases. The hidden presence of figuration emerges with less light, while a large amount of illumination causes it to disappear and the painting becomes completely abstract and structural.
