Blue Flask. Pictorial Value of Photography 1914/2014
The National Museum in Wrocław Poland
Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 5, Wrocław
Opening 16 January 2015, 1 pm
Curator: Adam Sobota
I am very pleased to say that my work Corymbia gummifera (bloodwood)… bactericide… was selected for this exhibition. You can view the selected work here: Corymbia
Further details coming soon
Opening 16 January 2015, 1 pm
Curator: Adam Sobota
I am very pleased to say that my work Corymbia gummifera (bloodwood)… bactericide… was selected for this exhibition. You can view the selected work here: Corymbia
Further details coming soon
Blue Flask is a photographic competition at the Museum:
A hundred years ago, in 1914, one of the most famous art of Polish artistic photography work was created: the composition of “The blue bottle†made by Henryk Mikolasch (1872 – 1931). The author made the unique copy using the technique of triple-layer rubber, which involves the usage of light-sensitive dichromate compounds suspended in a solution of gum arabic. This technique allows the introduction of various pigments in subsequent steps of the process obtaining a final multicoloured image. “Gums†were recognised as an iconic representation of pictorial esthetics, which celebrated the greatest triumphs in the early twentieth century...
more information about the concept: Blue Flask