Vernissage of the photography exhibition by Tomek Sikora ‘When darkness falls’
Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices
Gardzienice Gallery
have the honour to announce the vernissage
of Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices
Gardzienice Gallery
have the honour to announce ‘When darkness falls’ –
vernissage of the photography exhibition by Tomek Sikora
16 January 2025 at 6.00 pm
at Gardzienice Gallery at 5a Grodzka Street in Lublin
Admission to the exhibition and vernissage is free
Curator of the exhibition: Zuzanna Zubek-Gańska
Light arrangement: Włodzimierz Janowski
The vernissage will be accompanied by the presentation of the album ‘When darkness falls’, published by the Bon Libri / Leszek Dulik publishing house.
Tomek Sikora was born in 1948 in Warsaw into an artistic family. His mother was a painter and his father a well-known sculptor. In the 1970s he worked as a photojournalist for the weekly Perspektywy. In 1979 he realised two major photographic projects with Marcin Mroszczak: ‘Album’ and “Alice in Wonderland”, which were exhibited at the Pompidou Centre in Paris at the Youth Biennale.
In 1982 he set up an advertising photography studio in Melbourne, where he was twice voted the most creative advertising photographer in Australia and Oceania. Since 1986 he has travelled extensively around the world. From 1996 to 2010 he divided his life between Poland and Australia.
In 2001, together with Andrzej Świetlik, he founded Bezdomna Gallery, which promotes independent photography in many countries.
Doctor of Fine Arts. To this day, he still publishes limited editions of his author books ( 96 ) and exhibits his work in many countries around the world. He is doing well and continues to play with photography.
The publication ‘When darkness falls’ is an authorial project of Tomasz Sikora, one of the most outstanding contemporary Polish photographers. The album is devoted to Lublin. The artist wanders around the city at night, discovering its unique character. Tomek Sikora has succeeded in creating an artistic portrait of Lublin, capturing the spirit of the place, showing its cultural heritage and its pulsating contemporary life. Marcin Wroński, a writer from Lublin, was invited to collaborate on the publication. With a series of essays, he expands the space of the publication with the rich history of the city. The original visual concept of the album was prepared by Mark Popielnicki, a graphic artist from Lublin. The publication will be published by the Boni Libri Leszek Dulik Publishing House, in a Polish-English hardback version with a volume of 200 pages.