The coming of pain when it knocks my bone like a door
2021
installation: acrylics on cotton fabric, dimensions variable,
paintings : Dies irae, acrylics, oil and parafine on scarf, birthday candles, 80x60,
Hell is other people, acrylics, oil and parafine on scarf, birthday candles, threads, wire, 80x60
performance (with Rafał Żarski & Kuba Kosecki)
exhibited: Survival 19th Art Review, Wrocław, 25-29.06.2021
The coming of pain when it knocks my bone like a door, DOMIE, Poznań, 9-20.06.2021
, Warsaw, 15.08-17.10.2021
Basic matter, Rondo Art, Katowice, 7-14.12.2021
Pictorial textile installation referring to the medieval motif of danse macabre and to the motif of apocalypse and final judgment in art history. A procession of dancing skeletons from the 1929 Disney cartoon runs in a row through the sheets forming four screens. These paintings Hell is other people and Dies irae hanging on chains complete the look. Motifs painted on them are inspired by illustrations to Apocalypse of St. John, among others. They have been painted on scarves with a printed skull pattern and covered in wax. They feature various elements: embroideries, candles from a birthday cake, wires, pieces of washed fabric. The title of the work is a quotation from poem Nocturne I of Aleksander Wat.
During my solo exhibition in Domie (Poznań PL), the textile installation forming three tents became a stage set for a choreographic performance that involved the painted skeletons “coming out” of the painting into space and performing a ritual dance of death to a broken synthesizer melody. The performance was performed by Rafal Zarski, Jakub Kosecki and me.
This work has been commissioned and funded by Art Transparent Foundation as part of the 19th Art Review Survival.
The coming of pain when it knocks my bone like a door
2021
installation: acrylics on cotton fabric, dimensions variable,
paintings : Dies irae, acrylics, oil and parafine on scarf, birthday candles, 80x60,
Hell is other people, acrylics, oil and parafine on scarf, birthday candles, threads, wire, 80x60
performance (with Rafał Żarski & Kuba Kosecki)
exhibited: Survival 19th Art Review, Wrocław, 25-29.06.2021
The coming of pain when it knocks my bone like a door, DOMIE, Poznań, 9-20.06.2021
, Warsaw, 15.08-17.10.2021
Basic matter, Rondo Art, Katowice, 7-14.12.2021
The coming of pain when it knocks my bone like a door, 2021, acrylics on cotton, painting Hell is other people, 4x5x3 m, Survival the 19th Art Review exhibition view, Wrocław, 2021, photo: Małgorzata Kujda
The coming of pain when it knocks my bone like a door, 2021, acrylics on cotton, painting Hell is other people, 4x5x3 m, Survival the 19th Art Review exhibition view, Wrocław, 2021, photo: Małgorzata Kujda
The coming of pain..., 2021, performance, installation: acrylics on cotton, wood, paintings Hell is other people and Dies irae, The coming of pain... exhibition view, DOMIE, Poznań, 2021, photo: Jakub Trzciński
The coming of pain..., 2021, performance, installation: acrylics on cotton, wood, paintings Hell is other people and Dies irae, The coming of pain... exhibition view, DOMIE, Poznań, 2021, photo: Jakub Trzciński
Hell is other people, 2021, acrylics, oil and parafine on scarf, birthday candles, threads, wire, 80x60, The coming of pain... exhibition view, DOMIE, Poznań, 2021
Dies irae, 2021, acrylics, oil and parafine on scarf, birthday candles, 80x60
The coming of pain..., 2021, installation: acrylics on cotton, In these days of tumult, heat and dazzle I retreat in my mind exhibition view, Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warszawa, 2021, photo: Adam Gut
Pictorial textile installation referring to the medieval motif of danse macabre and to the motif of apocalypse and final judgment in art history. A procession of dancing skeletons from the 1929 Disney cartoon runs in a row through the sheets forming four screens. These paintings Hell is other people and Dies irae hanging on chains complete the look. Motifs painted on them are inspired by illustrations to Apocalypse of St. John, among others. They have been painted on scarves with a printed skull pattern and covered in wax. They feature various elements: embroideries, candles from a birthday cake, wires, pieces of washed fabric. The title of the work is a quotation from poem Nocturne I of Aleksander Wat.
During my solo exhibition in Domie (Poznań PL), the textile installation forming three tents became a stage set for a choreographic performance that involved the painted skeletons “coming out” of the painting into space and performing a ritual dance of death to a broken synthesizer melody. The performance was performed by Rafal Zarski, Jakub Kosecki and me.
This work has been commissioned and funded by Art Transparent Foundation as part of the 19th Art Review Survival.