Artist Information:
Janusz Zadurowicz
greenville, SC
United States
Member Since: Jan 2002
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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
As a child I wanted to be an
archeologist. Between the ages
of 8 and 14, I lived in an old
fort outside of Warsaw.
Everywhere in the old fort, I
would dig, with a match.
History underground. Uniforms,
buttons, bones of soldiers,
some hundreds of years old.
The shards of ceramics were
the most precious. I would
hold a piece and think. "Was
this a canteen for soldiers?"
Each inch of dirt held some
jewel for me. The fragments
became the contents of my
private museum. By each, I
put signs with dates and
stories.
I lost my inheritance, but not
my heritage. I walk down the
streets of Warsaw. There's a
broken wall. Who lived here?
What is his story? It is so
important that I connect this
thing of old with me. The
holes of two wars, the layers
of paint - my imagination
starts. We Europeans carry a
big yoke. Warsaw was like
Atlanta after the Civil War.
It didn't exist. One third of
the city was Jewish.
Eighty-five percent was
destroyed. Events stay in the
consciousness of nations for
hundreds of years. I seek to
create the feeling of things
which ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Individual Exhibitions
1986 - Warsaw - Ochota
Theatre
1990 - Warsaw - Nowe Miasto
Gallery
1991 - Warsaw - Przy Rynku
Gallery
1993 - Wavre, Belgium -
Generale de Banque Gallery
1995 - Washington, DC -
Dianne Beal Contemporary Art
- Aulendorf, Germany - Im
Reithof Gallery
1996 - Washington, DC -
Polish Embassy
- Chicago, IL - 1112 Gallery.
Society for Arts
- Philadelphia, PA - PII ...
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Artist Galleries:
Future One Man Shows in 2002:
April - May 2002, Spartanburg
Art Museum, Spartanburg SC
ph.864-574 3459
October 2002, Hampton III
Gallery, Greenville SC
ph.864-268 2771
Constant Shows:
Hampton III Gallery,
Greenville SC
ph.864-268 2771
Space Living Gallery, Chicago
Il
ph.630-325 3112
Art ...
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Janusz Zadurowicz's Free Artist Portfolio
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As a child I wanted to be an archeologist. Between the ages of 8 and 14, I lived in an old fort outside of Warsaw. Everywhere in the old fort, I would dig, with a match. History underground. Uniforms, buttons, bones of soldiers, some hundreds of years old. The shards of ceramics were the most precious. I would hold a piece and think. "Was this a canteen for soldiers?" Each inch of dirt held some jewel for me. The fragments became the contents of my private museum. By each, I put signs with dates and stories.
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