{"id":1524,"date":"2025-09-05T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/reframingphotography\/content\/resources\/artists\/justyna-ptak\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:18:12","slug":"justyna-ptak","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/reframingphotography\/resources\/artists\/justyna-ptak\/","title":{"rendered":"Justyna Ptak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justyna Ptak\u2019s website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justynaptak.com\/\">http:\/\/www.justynaptak.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin Harris, \u201cJustyna Ptak: Ascetic Aesthetic\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/benjaminharrismusings.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/05\/justyna-ptak-ascetic-aesthetic.html\">http:\/\/benjaminharrismusings.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/05\/justyna-ptak-ascetic-aesthetic.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The focus of my current photographic practice is the banal and the mundane, which represents a vital part of our existence that is easily passed over. Abandoned \u2018non-moments\u2019, which are the core foundation of our realities &#8230;. Carefully chosen frames represent the \u2018uncanny\u2019 aspect of domestic spaces, where the familiar and foreign rely and depend on each other, only coming to realisation upon one\u2019s knowledge and experiences. Integrating Mark Aug\u00e9\u2019s theories about the paradox of a foreigner, the work strongly depends on the viewer\u2019s relation to it, inviting the viewer to be a part of the installation in order to access the work on a more personal level.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justyna Ptak,&nbsp;<em>The House<\/em>, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, April-July 2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/ptak1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/ptak2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/ptak3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/ptak4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/ptak5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justyna Ptak\u2019s website http:\/\/www.justynaptak.com\/ Benjamin Harris, \u201cJustyna Ptak: Ascetic Aesthetic\u201d http:\/\/benjaminharrismusings.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/05\/justyna-ptak-ascetic-aesthetic.html The focus of my current photographic practice is the banal and the mundane, which represents a vital part of our existence that is easily passed over. Abandoned \u2018non-moments\u2019, which are the core foundation of our realities &#8230;. 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