PHOTOGRAPHS
Smoczynski, Mikolaj
Poland (1955-2009)
The Secret Performance #14
1989
Gelatin silver print
27 3/4 x 37 5/8 in. (70.5 x 95.5 cm) image and sheet size; 43 1/8 x 53 3/16 x 1 3/8 in. (109.5 x 135.1 x 3.5 cm) frame size
Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company
FA 97.157

Mikolaj Smoczynski lives in Poland, where he is recognized for site-specific installations that expose the multitude of layers contained in walls and floors, and for his black-and-white photographs of dirt and water that resemble abstract paintings. Initially a painter, Smoczynski was influenced by the work of American abstract painters of the 1960s, and particularly by that of Franz Kline. --Label copy for After Art: Rethinking 150 Years of Photography, December 4, 1994 to March 26, 1995.