Wojciech Siudmak - Secret Armada

"His timeless and profoundly individual art, far from theorising and fashion, captivates with renaissance perfection and virtuosity and outstanding imagination, fascinating in its intellectual richness." - Siudmak Fantastic Worlds, Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, 2021

The Armada of the title, a concentration of power and technological excellence, quietly sails into port. Its ship, with its gleaming hull, even melts into the darkness of the cosmic night hiding its intentions. We are on an alien planet. The surface of the water is only gently stirred. A calm mood prevails all around, although a cool wind carries a hint of uncertainty. The personalised ship moves confidently through unknown territory.

The bay where the eponymous Armada has just called in is shrouded in mystery. Its shores are surrounded by rocks; it is difficult to see what lies behind them. Will this bring peace between different civilisations, or the ultimate conflict in space?  Is this the beginning of a new era of cooperation and understanding, or is it the beginning of a catastrophe? Time will tell, we will soon know the answers.

The artist has never felt the need to belong to a formation. He is fond of quoting the words of the French philosopher Gustave Thibon: "To be on the wave, to be trendy, is the ambition of a falling dead leaf".

Inkography "Secret Armada" by Wojciech Siudmak was created in a closed limited edition of 100 copies.

Wojciech Siudmak - painter and sculptor, was born in 1942 in Wieluń, Poland. Between 1956 and 1961, he continued his education in Warsaw, at the High School of Fine Arts and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. In September 1966, he left for Paris and began his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He lives and works in France. Wojciech Siudmak is a leading representative of fantasy realism and science fiction. Fantastic realism combines surreal vision with naturalistic art and has its roots in surrealism, as represented by S. Dali and R. Magritte. What Siudmak shares with Dalí is a virtuosity in rendering the three-dimensional illusion of space, a sense of light and shadow, linear and aerial perspectives. Siudmak's timeless art, captivates with its Renaissance perfection and virtuosity and imagination beyond the norm, fascinating with its intellectual richness. Many famous personalities have expressed their admiration for the artist's work: Federico Fellini, Jean-Jacques Annaud, George Lucas, Paul Guth, John Harrison, Jacques Goimard, Jean Claude Dunyach, Francis Lai, Guy Beart, Kim Stanley Robinson and Denis Villeneuve director of the Oscar-winning film "Diuna".

Size M - 69,5 x 69,5 cm with passe-partout; 80,5 x 80,5 cm with frame