JOURNEY

Of his childhood in Paris, Serge Kantorowicz remembers the Dibbouk’s stories and other Yiddish tales his grandmother use to tell him. He remembers the sensation of blessed escape upon discovering reading, but mostly he still feels the unutterable grief of the orphan. It is in order to exorcise this pain and to go on living that began a search for a means to express himself. As a young man he briefly considers becoming an actor, but feels he can convey his emotions better as a painter.

 

The Master Engraver 

Serge Kantorowicz starts by studying etching, first in the city’s evening classes, then at the renown Lycée Saint Etienne des Arts Graphiques, and finally at the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Bruxelles. He acquires a solid traditional technical base that he immediately chooses to toss away when he joins the prestigious and more experimental Ateliers Maeght. During his years as an engraver he worked for many artists such as Miro, Giacometti, Vasarely, Riopelle, Joan Mitchell, Henri Michaux, and Calder; on the side he continues his own research.

 

The Independence

In the mid seventies Kantorowicz decides to devote himself entirely to his own creation. He explores with delectation many visual arts media, often mixing them together to achieve a richer art form. From miniature oils to large formats, painted books to bronze sculptures, ink works to etchings on ceramics, all are for the sole purpose to satisfy his devouring creative passion.