Marek PĘKACZ, Locomotive

100x60, oil, UV medium on canvas, 2020

B. 1985, Barlinek

The meta-image visible under UV light contains a binary image written in the form of a sequence of zeros and ones. There are also three geographic coordinates that are indications of places important to the author.

Painter and scientific fantasist. In his painting he combines top-notch technical proficiency with concepts inspired by the world of science. He calls his paintings OBJECTS. They contain a broad description of the idea in the form of open text, as well as a coded part hidden in the painting. The content is hidden in the form of a meta-image painted with a special preparation, visible only under UV light, and in the form of symbols, binary code, or text written in letters from his own alphabet. The meta-image, visible in the ultraviolet, is a graphic synthesis of the IDEA that is the clou of the object in question. He treats hyperrealistic images as packaging for his concepts.