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Michal CalaThe Lagisza Power Station, Silesia, Poland; Industrial landscape - Rare Vintage1978
1978
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This vintage print of the The Lagisza Power Station is extremely rare as it has been printed on warm tone paper giving a slight sepia effect. It is one of the last remaining vintage prints of this image available and it's a large print (40 x 58 cm)
The Lagisza Power Station print is one of those most iconic industrial photographs from the Silesia series.
‘These houses are dwarfed by the huge power station cooling towers. It’s only steam coming from the towers; even so, it doesn’t look like a pleasant place to live. This miserable scene’s brightness comes from the houses’ small windows and the ever-present white plumes of steam.’
“Cala become relatively well known in Poland but he is still little known in the West, despite the fact that his work bears comparison with masters such as Bill Brandt and Robert Frank."
- Bill Kouwenhoven, British Journal of Photography, 2007
See the additional images for the vintage print reference and framing.
Print size: 40 x 58 cm Frame (black hardwood frame, museum mount-board and non reflective art glass): 56.5 x 74.5 cm/ 22.25 x 29.3 inches
This print hasn't been owned before as its from the photographers's personal archive and currently is part of MMX Gallery's prints stock collection.
The print has been custom framed but can be unframed if one prefers purchasing unframed print.
Framed or unframed - for this print we offer free shipping. If framed, the work will be packed in the wooden crate and handle with care by professional art shippers.
About the Artist:
Michal Cala was born in Toruń, Poland in 1948 and studied aircraft construction in Warsaw at the University of Technology in the early 1970's. From 1974 to 1983 he worked as an engineer in various companies in Silesia, and began photographing in the area. In 1977, he moved to Tychy in Upper Silesia, where he co-founded the photographers' association KRON and become a member of the ZPAF - the Union of Polish Art Photographers.
Relatively unknown outside of his native country, his work is in several museum collections in Poland; in the Silesian Museum of Katowice, the Silesian Library in Katowice, the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze as well as local government building in Duisburg in the Ruhr (Germany) and MAST Foundation (Bologna) and various international private collections. His work has received much acclaim and won numerus awards; among which are the Grand Prix at the Polish Landscape Biennale in Kielce twice, 1979 and 1983 and won the first prise at the Pilsner International Photo Awards in the Industrial category in 2007. His work from Galicia series and the Paysages de Pologne exhibition was shown in France in 1980's. The Silesia exhibition was shown widely in Katowice (1984, 2002, 2008), Krakow (1986, 2006), Warsaw (1986, 2009), in Enschede, the Netherlands, (2012), at the Photo Biennale Mannheim - Ludwigshafen - Heidelberg (2007) and part of group project at the Noorderlicht Photo Festival in the Netherlands (2008). In 2007 he was classified as one of most important Polish photographers in last century and participated in the group exhibition Polish Photography in XX Century (Warsaw, Poland and Vilnius, Lithuania). In the same year, Cala's photography was featured in British Journal of Photography and Foto8 magazine.
Publications on his work include The Anthology of Polish Photography 1839 - 1989, The Masters of Polish Landscape and The Polish Photography in the 20th Century.
In 2007 Michal Cala was invited to take part in the exhibition presenting photographs of 100 most important Polish photographers in the 20th century: „Polish Photography in 20th Century" - Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw.
His latest exhibition Metropolis on Silesian urban landscapes was held at the Silesian Museum in Katowice in 2013 and a solo show Silesia and Galicia in the Museum of History of Photography in 2016 in Krakow (Poland). His photo book based on the same series was recently selected in the Open Submission at Belfast and Athens Photo Festivals respectively (2017).
Shipping: The framed print will be crated for safety and protection, curb side delivery
- Creator:Michal Cala (1948, Polish)
- Creation Year:1978
- Dimensions:Height: 22.25 in (56.5 cm)Width: 29.34 in (74.5 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
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- Framing:Frame IncludedFraming Options Available
- Condition:This is rare vintage print in an excellent condition although time of the vintage print is slightly visible on the edges of the print (when unframed), this does not diminish print artistic quality and light distress corner not visible when framed.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1967210283412
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