Paulina Otylie Surys - The Garden of Earthly Delights 

Paulina Otylie Surys
- The Garden of Earthly Delights

6 February – 27 April 2013

The Richard Young Gallery announces an exhibition
to celebrate a stunning new body of work by Polish
artist Paulina Otylie Surys. As an accomplished fashion
photographer and classically trained painter, Surys
uses innovative combinations of toners and inks over
dry dyes on silver gelatin fibre paper to create original,
unique photographic works of art.

Embracing experimentation and creative adventure,
Surys draws inspiration from the earliest forms of
photography and eschews digitisation to shoot
exclusively on analogue. She uses an array of
cameras – the most modern one made in the 1970s
– and works with a wide range of film sizes including
35mm, medium and large format. Her most recent
experimentation has involved the wet-plate collodion
process first introduced in 1851. This process has
been described as ‘painting with light’ and in these
works you can see the liquid marks across the print.

Surys draws on inspiration derived from classical
paintings, literature, history, mythology and religion
to present elements of her subjects in ways not
commonly seen. Each work is representative of her
multifaceted skills as an art director, photographer and
painter.
Richard Young Gallery
4 Holland Street
London W8 4LT
020 7937 8911
www.richardyounggallery.co.uk
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday 10:00am – 6:00pm
Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm