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Jan Lesák

  • b. 1984
  • Currently in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • My work explores the ways in which one can engage with already existing works, artifacts, formal structures or ideas. I have consistently worked with the medium of photography, using it on multiple levels.

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B/W

B/W

  • 2013
  • installation view, Berlínskej model, Prague, CZ, 2013
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    B/W | 2013

A black and white image is formed by shades of the grayscale spectrum. In the work B/W I let a photo paper to be exposed by white light, which results in a “zero” information recording onto the light-sensitive layer of the paper. After developing the photo paper in a standard way the result is a photograph that is just a black sheet of zero image value. The black glossy surface of the photograph reflects/mirrors the gallery space and the spectators who thus become part of the image. The untraditional format of the photographs rather resembles an object installation. The dimensions are defined by the width of a photo paper roll. The work B/W refers to abstraction and is based on reductive processes, predominantly known from the 1960s.


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