dr Jarosław Bogucki
was born in 1976 in Poland. His B.A. in Exhibition designer was received from High School of Arts in Poznan in 1996. In 2002 he graduated with honors Unversity of Art in Poznan. (Sculpture Studio – prof. Józef Petruk). He obtained Ph.D. degree In 2011. He leads Spatial Imaging Studio, The Faculty of Sculpture, Magdalena Abakanowicz UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS POZNAN.
In sculpture, which is the fundamental field of my work, I search to express universal observations about man, his condition and fragility. I aim at making the viewer reflect on universal features that make us humans, an exceptional and unique species. I show emotions, desires and needs troubling us. I concentrate on the aspects of our existence that are immutable and determine our species; I do not focus on the problems of the period we live in. I show factors invariably determining people, causing the cyclicality of life. A human figure that appears in my objects of art often has no individual features. It symbolizes man — a man, a woman, a child — rather than is a representation of a specific person. I often surrender a portrait altogether.
When I work on my sculptures, I look for ways of presentation and means of expression directly touching the issues that I find intriguing or troubling, enabling intuitive perception of my works, devoid of commentaries, unnecessary narratives. I want the viewer to interpret my artwork on their own, without any limitations. I want my sculptures to make one reflect, search for individual traits and emotions that characterize each of us, as thanks to this, in my opinion, everyone can find a part of themselves in them.
Another area of my interest is holography. Hologram and sculpture, two completely different forms of artistic representation, are perfectly complementary thanks to their three-dimensionality. The contrast between a real, physical object (sculpture), and its illusory representation (hologram) is an added value allowing one to build an artistic statement on the basis of this difference. Holography has completely changed the way I view sculpture; it has also changed the context in which sculpture functions in my works. For me, holography has become the next stage of my work on form. Although the traditionally understood sculpture invariably remains the centre of attention for me, it was holography that allowed me to take it into completely new areas of creative work.