Edward Łazikowski

Who is Edward Łazikowski?

Edward Łazikowski is a Polish artist whose work includes drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation art, performance art and art theory. Łazikowski graduated from the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź. He presents his artistic and theoretical achievements publicy in individual exhibitions and taking part in collective shows in galleries and museums, poblishing catalogues and articles in various magazines, and giving interview. Initially, he went in for painting, then in the mid-1970s took interest in "actions" and photography, and in the late 1970s and early 1980s performance art. Later on he created "objects": small constructions made of wood, string and fabric, which in time became larger, and sometimes became installations. An important part of his creative process is drawing, divided by the artist into three categories: free, working and note. Starting from the 1990s, he introduced a series of works called Fragtors. The term, coined by Łazikowski, and precisely described in his theoretical work Fragtoryzacja świata, became the basis for artist's present plastic activities.