“NOIR”

The “Noir” series was created in the years 2007 – 2011. The series consists of 36 objects in the format 44 x 44 cm with an electric power supply placed in them. These are unique works created in the technique of giclee – art print and metal relief. Each of them has its own source of lighting hidden in the upper part of the aluminum frame, which is painted black. As a result, these works can be viewed in two versions: the first – in daylight or artificial light, and the second – with the light turned off after turning on your own light source. In both cases we see different images. The entire captured drawing is visible the first time. Behind the second one, the silvery light placed right next to the surface of the painting brings out the entire depth of the relief.

The “Noir” (BLACK) series was intended to be completely different. It was not as colorful as the previous cycle “Worlds”, but it was kept in the colors of the earth. The title were to be different too. The disease interrupted my work, but after returning to reality and health, I changed the concept, keeping the whole cycle in monochrome black and dark sepia. Finishing this work was possible thanks to the support of my family and friends. I would like to thank you for your physical, mental and therefore creative salvation. I owe them to prof. Andrzej Kułakowski, prof. Piotr Chłoście, prof. Maciej Krzakowski and Dr. Jarosław Jaskulski with the team.

Unique objects, 44 x 44 cm format, & nbsp; giclee – art print, metal relief.

Andrzej Wajda

“Noir demands concentration”

The new graphic works of Antoni Rodowicz seek variation and find it in the astonishing device of presenting the same prints — distinguished by deep relief — illuminated in different ways.

This is not easy or accessible art. Stripped of any relation to reality, depicting a world of biological abstraction, it demands from the viewer a focus and concentration that we are not always prepared for. Yet it is worth finding, if only for a moment, that stillness within ourselves which will allow us to perceive the extraordinary quality and austere beauty of the Artist’s intention.

Mariusz Łukasik

“Like a childhood memory”

 Black (Noir), like a childhood memory, implies its own inverted image — light… Or perhaps only its sharp outline, sliding across the surface of a black mirror? A scratch on an anthracite surface, carved by chance, which governs only the artist’s hand. Once caught by the eye, it bears witness to itself. Things that are, are; and those that are not, are not. Yet a boundary has been established. Evidently, light alone ceased to be enough. On the borders of this non-existent dichotomy — white/black, light/darkness — a Spanish procession has taken its stand. Two steps forward, two steps back, sometimes one. It struggles with itself so as not to remain where there is nothing (noir).