Description
Magdalena Wysocka [b.1987, Poland] and Claudio Pogo [b.1978, Germany] are a Berlin based artist duo who have been working together since 2016. With backgrounds in printmaking and photography, their work bridges a variety of related mediums, from large-scale printed canvas works to handmade photobooks. Their practice is centred around collecting and re-contextualising found imagery.
Material is sourced from vintage photographs, books and other archives, stripped of its original context and transformed to create new visual narratives. Wysocka / Pogo utilise Risography, a Japanese stencil printing technique from the 1960’s, to express this reinterpretation. They purposefully push the risograph’s boundaries heightening the elements of chance and unpredictability in the finished pieces. Their canvases become a beautiful and uniquely tangible reflection on the passage of time and context, as well as machine-made replication vs. hand-made interpretation… READ MORE
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Pot Plants series
The Pot Plants series from artist duo Wysocka / Pogo incorporates their signature risograph printing process in a smaller format. Allowing for a more affordable option to collect. Combing two printed canvas sheets with a single hand stitched seem. Creating a further layer of abstraction to these unique artworks. Available as individual framed artworks as well as in sets.
This series is ongoing. Reach out to see the full series so far.
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