"Parallels" at ŻAK | BRANICKA

The idea of my series called Parallels developed through the interest in the relation beetwen Lygia Clark's "Bichos" series and human faces, facial features, dance and natural phenomenas. 

The choice of works shown at ŻAK | BRANICKA was limited to those featuring

portraits of actresses and portraits of Clark's sculptures.

Some of my new works can be called abstract pieces:

others are focused on  abstract shapes of Bichos juxtaposed with facial features:

The preparation of my show started with a few simple tools. I didn't need fancy stuff, except an sharp eye and a compass made of  mop rod :) 

Was surprised with a parallel shape of the ladder, actually it's all about "Parallels".

Finding the right shade of Gray...

and some changes in setup...

We got it right:

Some possible placements:

Yeah, Berlin always stays sexy...

The job is done. I was happy to see my friends from Berlin and Szczecin at the opening.

Ready to get back to Kraków.

More works, press release you will find here. Thanks!

https://blokmagazine.com/parallels-by-pawel-ksiazek-at-zak-branicka/

http://zak-branicka.com/exhibitions.php

https://ksiazekpawel.weebly.com/parallels.html

Upcoming solo show

Parallels

17/02/2018 - 21/04/2018

ŻAK | BRANICKA

Lindenstraße 35
D-10969 Berlin
+49 30 / 611 07375 

Opening: Friday, 16 February, 2018, from 6 to 9 pm

http://zak-branicka.com/exhibitions.php?section=upcoming

Compostition 22 (Faye), 2017, 200x170x4cm, oil on linen

Compostition 24, 2017, 120x100x4cm, oil on linen

© the artist, courtesy ŻAK | BRANICKA

Wizyta w MOCAK-u.

W końcu dotarłem do MOCAK-u, 

by obejrzeć wystawę krakowskich artystów urodzonych w latach siedemdziesiątych.

Anna, Rozalia, Lea i Veronica.

https://ksiazekpawel.weebly.com/parallels.html

Niegdyś młody, obecnie tylko krakowski malarz, pędzla Poli Dwurnik...

Projekt tych znaczków powstał chyba 10 lat temu.

Piętro niżej, obrazy z serii Figury na ekspozycji kolekcji MOCAK-u. Po prawej, obrazy Wilhelma Sasnala.

Fajnie zobaczyć nowe prace kolegów.

Po lewej obrazy Rafała Bujnowskiego, po prawej Marcin Maciejowski.

Na wystawie jest naprawdę dużo dobrego malarstwa, co jest fenomenem Krakowa. Podobały mi się obrazy Beaty Stankiewicz, Wilhelma Sasnala, Bartka Materki, Witka Stelmachniewicza, Rafała Borcza, Ziemowita Kmiecia.To miasto, zimą spowite smogiem ma jakąś dziwną magię i wibrację 

sprzyjającą artystom pracującym w oparach terpentyny i "white spirit".

Widok na wystawę w Ludwig Muzeum w Budapeszcie. 

Rafał Bujnowski, na wystawie "Economize! On the Relationship of Art and Economy" prezentuje obecnie mój obraz (drugi z prawej) - przedmiot wymiany "skórka za wyprawkę", 

z utworzonej w ten sposób kolekcji Mileny Bujnowskiej.

ARCO Madrid 2017

ŻAK | BRANICKA is delighted to announce the participation of Paweł Książek and Joanna Rajkowska at ARCOmadrid 2017 art fair (BOOTH 9C10).

ARCOmadrid (Madrid, Spain)
Feria de Madrid, 
Halls 7 and 9
February 22 - 26, 2017 

http://ksiazekpawel.weebly.com/constructions.html

Group show at Joseph Tang gallery, Paris

http://www.galeriejosephtang.com/

Sammlung Dr. Werner Jerke. Eine Auswahl

Blog Artbazaar donosi o wystawie polskiej sztuki w Łodzi - znakomitej kolekcji dr. Wernera Jerke.
Wyboru prac dokonał Józef Robakowski. Wystawa trwa do 24 maja.
http://artbazaar.blogspot.com/2015/04/kolekcja-wernera-jerke-wybor-w-atlasie.html

Na zdjęciach dostrzec można jeden z moich ulubionych obrazów z serii N.N. Vs  Artists.

N.N. 26, 2008, 38x27cm, oil on linen

fig. 4, 41

http://ksiazekpawel.weebly.com/figures.html

fig. 4, 42x32cm, 2013-2014, oil on linen, neon light

fig. 41, 42x32cm, 2014, oil on linen, neon light

fig. 27, 28, 34, 40, 19, 10

http://ksiazekpawel.weebly.com/figures.html

fig. 27, 40x30cm, 2014

fig. 28, 40x40cm, 2014

fig. 34, 32x42cm, 2014

fig. 40, 32x42cm, 2014

fig. 19, 32x42cm, 2013

fig. 10, 42x32cm, 2014

fig. 2,6,7,8,9

http://ksiazekpawel.weebly.com/figures.html

fig. 6, 60x50cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 7, 50x40cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 8, 45 x 55 cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 2, 42x32cm, 2013, oil on linen

fig. 9, 32x42cm, 2014, oil on linen

Figures

The upper-case letter Φ is used as a symbol for luminous flux and golden ratio.
In photometry, luminous flux or luminous power is the measure of the perceived power of light. Luminous flux is adjusted to reflect the varying sensitivity of the human eye to different wavelengths of light.

The phi phenomenon is the optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. The phenomenon was defined by Max Wertheimer in the Gestalt psychology in 1912 and along with persistence of vision formed a part of the base of the theory of cinema, applied by Hugo Münsterberg in 1916. It is part of a larger process called Motion perception. (wikipedia)

English press release:
http://www.zak-branicka.com/files/file_91_en_88ef5f67226ef5aeea5556fa7380a185.pdf

German text:
http://www.berliner.de/events/pawel-ksiazek-figures

Fig., 2014, neon, approx. 120x150cm

fig. 33, 32x42cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 26, 30x40cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 36, 2014, 42x32cm, oil on linen

installation view

fig. 34, 32x42cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 28, 40x40cm, 2014, oil on linen

installation view

fig. 10, 42x32cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 2, 42x32cm, 2013, oil on linen

fig. 37, 32x42cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 23, 32x42cm, 2014, oil on linen

fig. 17, 2014, 32x42 cm, oil on linen