Orange Still, 2017

Zoltan Gerliczki  

From the series "Still Life" Archival Pigment Print. Edition of 6 + 2AP. Unframed

This artwork presents a stunning still life arrangement of vibrant orange tulips captured in a clear glass vase. The flowers are painted with exquisite detail, their petals unfolding gracefully, exhibiting a soft translucence that suggests an ethereal glow. The lush green stems and leaves provide a vivid contrast, adding depth and realism to the composition. The vase sits atop a rich, dark wooden surface that complements the subdued black background, allowing the radiant colors of the tulips to stand out. The masterful use of light and shadow creates a dynamic sense of movement, as if the tulips are gently swaying in a breeze. This piece skillfully combines classic still life techniques with contemporary flair, resulting in an artwork that is both timeless and modern, captivating viewers with its vibrant energy and meticulous detail.

As an artist, He is fascinated by the opulence and richness of still life of the golden age of Dutch painting in the 17th c. These works, of course, symbolize mortality and the temporal nature of material goods. In his still life, He built these images with the same symbolic references but with the best quality, you can get. By playing with light and dark, He captures the beauty of every flower and each object down to the smallest detail. In addition to photography, he uses high-resolution scans to achieve extreme detail. He use photography as a base, but in the end, he arrive at an image that nobody could actually shoot as a photograph.

He is not a photographer in the traditional sense, but he does take many pictures and he needs a lot of layers. In his still life of flowers and objects, he creates a balance between objects and living materials with light and shadow and the best quality. He created the photographic illusion of a painting from the golden age in a new tech way by scanning every object individually and combining these with photographs that he took. The construction takes a lot of time and months of post-production. In his work, everything has to be perfect. It's like a movie. The light and color have to be right. (It is quite obsessive work.) He loves the idea of “the impossible image" – the idea of there being no limits and of using the photograph as the basis for an image that's in his head.