Where was Piotr Uklanski born and raised?

Where was Piotr Uklanski born and raised?

Piotr Uklański was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1968. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw and photography at Cooper Union, New York. Uklański emerged on the New York art scene in the mid-1990s with the emblematic work Untitled (Dance Floor) —a sculpture that integrates the legacy of minimalism with popular entertainment.

Where can I see Piotr Uklanski’s photographs?

“Fatal Attraction: Piotr Uklański Photographs,” the first survey of Uklański’s photographic work, was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2015. An installation of photographs selected by Uklański from the museum’s collection accompanied the exhibition.

When did Piotr Uklanski make his first movie?

In 2006, Uklański debuted his first feature-length film, Summer Love: The First Polish Western.

When was Piotr Uklanski’s series Untitled destroyed?

Uklański’s willingness to take on potentially controversial subjects draws polemical reactions. His photographic series Untitled (The Nazis) caused protests when exhibited at The Photographers Gallery, London in 1998, and was destroyed in a publicity stunt staged by a celebrated Polish actor while on view at Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw in 2000.

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What kind of photography does Piotr Uklanski do?

Since 1997 Uklański has been carrying out an open project called Joy of Photography, in which he’s taken a series of iconic photographs presenting the beauty to be seen in flowers, sunsets, exotic animals, or picturesque landscapes.

When did Piotr Uklanski’s exhibition the Nazis end?

Uklański’s exhibition The Nazis, shown at Warsaw’s Zachęta gallery in November 2000, ended with a scandal; several works were destroyed and the exhibition was closed down. The project comprised a series of 164 colour photographs of well-known foreign and Polish actors who had played Nazis in films.