photographic object, mixed technique, 43 x 34.5 cm
signed "Andrzej Kramarz", date, title and edition on the back
edition: 3/3 + 1 a.p.
The series Backdrop for the Memory was based on an album of the Schönwetter family(German :Beautiful Weather),whichthe artist received from a Krakow rabbi. The artist recalls the name of the Jewish family, but makes a gesture in the photographs, asking with it about the meanings,which, as he explains , are lost, lost with thosewho could give meaning to the family photographs. The entire series makes up the publication Backdrop for the Memory (Art Pacifica, Hilo, 2022).
BIO
In his photographic projects, the theme of memory and man's bond with space, with place, recurs constantly. In his emerging multimedia series Invisible Maps, a narrative about time and place, the artist combines dozens of photographs, ephemeral audio sounds, records ofconversationsand memories, archivesand video. Kramarz's interest in memory deepens in his research and curatorial practice. He graduated from the ITF in Opava (Czech Republic) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Co-founderof the Imago Mundi Foundation, from 2006 to 2008 member of the Program Council and co-organizer of the Krakow Photomonth Festival. Curator of exhibitions, editor of photography books. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2009). Exhibits at home and abroad. Author of thebooks Things (Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, 2008), InvisibleMaps (Art Reading Room, Museum in Gliwice, 2014), Backdrop for the Memory (Art Pacifica, Hilo, USA, 2022). His works are in private and public collections, including the Museum of the History of Photography in Krakow and the Museum in Gliwice.
