Konrad Smoleński
20 Apr - 29 May 2016
© Dizzy Spells
two kinetic objects + wind driven keyboard
different materials. Ca. 100 × 200 × 600 cm each
2014 Collection of Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (PL)
two kinetic objects + wind driven keyboard
different materials. Ca. 100 × 200 × 600 cm each
2014 Collection of Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (PL)
KONRAD SMOLEŃSKI
Dizzy Spells (PL)
20 April -29 May 2016
Curator: Rokolectiv
Dizzy Spells is a kinetic installation with two inflatable windy men and a modified harmonium. The figures are provided with air by modified ventilators, so now and then, they seem to collapse from exhaustion. Usually funny and colourful, their grim looking features and are no longer reminiscent of a fun park or a child’s birthday party; if anything, it would be a dark fetish room that is brought to mind.
Konrad Smoleński is an artist who for over a decade has been active in visual arts, but he focuses his interest on sound. His works combine punk rock aesthetics with the precision and elegance typical for minimalism.He represented Poland at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and made quite the lasting impression with his Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More installation.
Konrad Smoleński (b. 1977) graduated from the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts (2002). He has shown his work in numerous exhibitions at the following venues, among others: Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Pinchuk Art Center, Kyiv; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Waterside Contemporary, London; Offen auf AEG, Nürnberg; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Zachęta — National Gallery of Art, Warsaw. Holder of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage fellowship (2000). Winner of the Deutsche Bank Foundation Award — Views 2011. He lives and works in Warsaw (PL) and Bern (CH).
The exhibition is supported by the Polish Institute Bucharest and Zachęta National Gallery (Warsaw).
Dizzy Spells (PL)
20 April -29 May 2016
Curator: Rokolectiv
Dizzy Spells is a kinetic installation with two inflatable windy men and a modified harmonium. The figures are provided with air by modified ventilators, so now and then, they seem to collapse from exhaustion. Usually funny and colourful, their grim looking features and are no longer reminiscent of a fun park or a child’s birthday party; if anything, it would be a dark fetish room that is brought to mind.
Konrad Smoleński is an artist who for over a decade has been active in visual arts, but he focuses his interest on sound. His works combine punk rock aesthetics with the precision and elegance typical for minimalism.He represented Poland at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and made quite the lasting impression with his Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More installation.
Konrad Smoleński (b. 1977) graduated from the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts (2002). He has shown his work in numerous exhibitions at the following venues, among others: Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Pinchuk Art Center, Kyiv; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Waterside Contemporary, London; Offen auf AEG, Nürnberg; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Zachęta — National Gallery of Art, Warsaw. Holder of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage fellowship (2000). Winner of the Deutsche Bank Foundation Award — Views 2011. He lives and works in Warsaw (PL) and Bern (CH).
The exhibition is supported by the Polish Institute Bucharest and Zachęta National Gallery (Warsaw).