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 Mark Planisek has incorporated more than the average range of processes in his work. His photo collages start as black and white photographic compositions. By the time a piece is completed they are complex, surrealistic, fractured scenes that question how you can look differently and question something that you thought was obvious at first glance.
Each piece is a unique collage/painting. There are no multiple prints of his images.
Recently Planisek has been working his photography into photo collage/mixed media boxes.
Though he composes his works using a variety of media, photography is one of the most important resources in Planisek’s work . In fact he uses many different mediums to hand paint his photographic compositions. Schooled traditionally in drawing and painting, but it was the camera and its ability to mirror life that captivated his interest. His current collection demonstrates the merging of his fine arts background with the more technical world of photography. The variety of visual elements in Planisek's art evokes animated, dream-like visions.
In 2007 his work was included in the juried "ANA 35" group exhibit at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana, The Washington Project For The Arts\Corcoran's "9x10" group exhibit in Washington, D.C. and PASS Gallery's group exhibit "The Power Of X."
In 2003 and his works were exhibited at the Museum Of Contemporary Art (MOCA DC) in Washington, D.C., Columbia University at the Teachers College Gallery in New
York City and the Artist Space Gallery in SoHo, New York City. In the recent past he has shown his work at the Smithsonian’s International (2000), in Washington, D.C., the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL. (1999), and the Area Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (2000). He has been exhibiting his work in the states and abroad since 1987. |
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