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Rafal Karcz
A short interview...
Q: Have you always
wanted to be an artist? Or is it something that just 'happened' to you?
A: t didn't just happen to me. I have always known I wanted to become an artist.
Even in primary school I always thought painting. Or architecture.
Q: What drives
you as an artist? Do you just 'feel the need to create' or do you have a message
you want to share with the world?
A: I wouldn't call myself a social artist. For me it is not about the message
but about the process of creation. Having said that, nowadays I find myself
more and more engaging in social, or even critical art. So, the message is
slowly becoming a more important factor for me.
Q: In the previous
century, politics played a major role in Polish art.You're a Polish artist.
Do you feel politics is a relevant factor in your art?
A: No. Politics do not play a rol in any of my art, whatsoever.
Q: Polish art
seems to be very much in demand nowadays, with artist like Pawel Althamer
and Wilhelm Sasnal becoming international superstars. how do you think the
Polish art scene benefits form this international attention?
A: I don't have much of an opinion on that. I don't really notice that the
art markets that I work in benefit much from it. The great big international
art market is actually quite something else than the reality that most artists
are faced with.
Q: You like to
experiment with different media. What sort of effect does the technology age
have on your work? Do you use computers a lot?
A: I work with mixed media. Mizing different media and techniques is just
the way I want to create. The way I look at art. But computers aren't very
important in my creation process. I prefer physical stuff, mixing ink with
water and making something out of that. I use C-prints as well, but they don't
play a major role. It's just something in the background.
Erwin Fisser, January 2008
Rafal Piotr Karcz - born in 1969 in Krakow. Graduated from Art History Department of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow [1996] and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, the Faculty of Industrial Design [1999].
He works as a painter, photographer who experiments with medias and techniques, experimental and self/techniques. He also belongs to the Polish and American Societies of Pastelists. This year [2008] he received a reword during the 3rd Biennial of Pastels in Nowy Sacz. He had some individual exhibitions in Poland [Warsaw, Krakow] and in Germany: Galerie Pierogi, Galerie Born / Busse in Leipzig.
While working he focuses on longer series, where he exposes a chosen motive or object. He uses water mediums, first of all and many kinds of paper sheets.
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