Mieczysław „Mietko” Rudek (1956-) Factory, 2004 Digital photograph, 27 x 34 cm, Purchase from the artist. * Mieczyslaw "Mietko" Rudek was born in 1956 in Bochnia. Self-taught artist-painter, photographer and graphic designer. Since 1989 he has been living and working in New York. Art director of the New Journal. For the past 8 years he has been exhibiting his works with the "Emotivists" group, with which he has participated in 50 exhibitions in Poland, Germany and the United States. His works are in the archives of the Museum of Photography in Poznan and in private collections.

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