An Annecy Museum Exhibition

"Whether he takes the brush, the chisel, the pen, the still camera or the movie camera, whether he's recording the real movement of actors or creating an illusory movement image by image, Walerian Borowczyk, artist of multiple talents, is building a unique body of work. Great manipulator of matter, he not only transforms it into images with the power to impart emotions by his hand, but he is also able to draw from that material the expression of its deepest reality while keeping its personality intact. He shapes each substance with a respect for its life essence. He reveals the mysterious autonomy therein and controls its disturbing fertility."