- Polish graphic artist, printmaker and poster artist, 'became a French citizen in 1971'.
- 'my studies were influenced by Karolak, Kantor, Gardowski, Berman and the Blok group. They gave me my first clear perspective on proportion, and an apprenticeship in the art of compositional imbalance - balancing elements without necessarily centring them'.
- "I've often used the offset screen. The flexibility and round form of the screen dots make it possible to bring out each gesture of the subject. A lack of equipment and the need to visualise my ideas immediately resulted in a repetitive reproduction of mechanical techniques. I find the many imperfections of the hand-made very pleasing".
http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/reputations-roman-cieslewicz
(Accessed 4 October 2018).
- 'one of the founders of the Polish poster school which promoted an aesthetic striving for simplicity and clarity, while urging the use of poetic metaphor and an abundance of mode of expression'.
- 'Cieslewicz's art merges a number of intellectual and emotional threads through close relationships and between words and artistic forms to create a language of powerful visions'.
- 'the artist was inspired - especially in his later period - by the Russion constructivist avant-garde of the 1920s and by the Polish group, Blok. Combining romanticism and poetry with cold rationalism, and setting emotions in play with strict logic, his work penetrates our subconsciousness and teases its associations'.
https://culture.pl/en/artist/roman-cieslewicz
(Accessed 4 October 2018).
- Cieslewicz was also an art director for the Polish cultural magazine Ty i Ja (You and I).
- most of the covers were designed between 1960 and 1963, then sporadic covers until the 1970's. 'His covers on the early issues are almost all straight photo-montages with humour or a sense of the unreal created by a playful use of size and relation between elements. In the later issues, he brings in a lot more illustrative elements, and flat uses of colour, making them look more poster-like'.
Final image source:
- cover of Ty i Ja (You and I) magazine, designed in 1968.
https://justseeds.org/jbbtc-24-roman-cieslewicz-pt-2/
(Accessed 4 October 2018).
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