Mixter is the latest project by visual artist Bartosz Wajer, combining elements of painting and photography.
“Mixter (no name)” is a series of works that was created directly on the matrix of a disassembled digital SLR camera in processes such as painting, drawing, cleaning, and destroying. The images were taken without the classic designed rules of using a photographic camera. The works involve using closely related disciplines (painting and photography) to turn them into abstract images whose organic forms and colors are endowed with a specific energy and vitalism of their own. In the spirit of this mix of disciplines, the work develops a peculiar kind of (experimental) photography, initiated in earlier series such as “Conan,” “Saturday Morning Selfie,” and “From Eye To Bone.” The title “Mixter” is used among gender non-binary people and people who do not want to imply gender. Mx / Mixter can be interpreted as mixing or multiplexing and is a gender-neutral alternative to the Mr. and Mrs. titles. By combining the name of the series of paintings with a term that goes beyond the standard understanding of gender, I would like to emphasize the heterogeneous and multidirectional nature of human identity (also in relation to plants, animals, things, or features).
Bartosz Wajer
Bartosz Wajer (b. 1985, Czeladź) works at the interface of multiple artistic fields (drawing, painting, photography, digital media), idiosyncratically combining traditional tools with a modern, interdisciplinary approach to practice.
