Tomasz Machciński

Tomasz Machciński (PL, 1942 - 2022) was a self-taught photographer and performer. Orphaned at an early age, the artist constructs his identity around an autograph he received from Hollywood actress Joan Tompkins, "With love to Tommy from Mother Joan", whom he then imagined to be his mother. From this confusion, which lasted more than 20 years, a personal mythology was born, a monumental performance that has been uninterrupted since 1966: more than 22,000 fictional self-portraits.