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CHRYSALIS

AT ALTERNATIVA FESTIVAL, ISW, GDASK, POLAND, 2011

FOURTH WINDOW
CRYSTALLIZED ASH, ADHESIVE

KUENSTLERDORF SCHOEPPINGEN, GERMANY, 2011

STREAM
INSTALLATION IN CITY PARK WHITE PORCELAIN, WATER

PARK OLIWSKI, GDASK , 2011

DECORUM

SOPOT, POLAND, 2011

FISSURE
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION IN THE POST-INDUSTRIAL GDANSK-SHIPYARDS PRODUCTION HALL . BLACK ROSE PETALS + ROSE FRAGRANCE

ALTERNATIVA HALL, GDASK, POLAND, 2010

REBOUND
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION THAT TAKES PART IN GEOLOGIC PROCESS OF POSTGLACIAL LAND-RISE (ISOSTATIC MOVEMENT) CHARACTERISTIC FOR SCANDINAVIAN REGION. THE LAND RAISES WITH SPEED OF 7 MM A YEAR AFTER THE LAST ICECAP PRESSED IT DOWN SOME 10.000 YEARS AGO. THE STRUCTURE IS BASED ON A ROMAN CRANE CALLED TRISPASTOS AND IT IS ACTIVELY PULLING THE STONE /FORMER SEA-BED/ UPWARDS. WOOD, STEEL, ROPES, HEIGHT CIRCA 5 METRES RAUMA ART MUSEUM, FINLAND 2010

BANDEROLE
BANDEROLE IS AN ELEMENT OF MEDIEVAL AND LATER ICONOGRAPHY, TAKING FORM OF A FLOWING BAND / RIBBON APPEARING IN HANDS OF PAINTED OR SCULPTED FIGURES. IT USUALLY CONTAINED A QUOTATION, A CREDO OR A MOTTO, WRITTEN IN LATIN. THIS IS A WORDLESS, TRANSPARENT VERSION, HELD IN PLACE / IN THE AIR BY VISIBLE HOISTING SYSTEM. PLEXIGLASS, STEEL, ROPES GGM, GDANSK, POLAND 2009

ONE TON IN THE AIR

STEEL SLAB PROPS (SCAFFOLDING ELEMENTS) INSTALLED BETWEEN GALLERY WALLS, COLLECTIVELY WEIGHING A TON. TIGHTLY FITTED-IN, ADJUSTABLE-LENGTH PROPS PUSH AND PRESS AT THE WALLS WITH GREAT FORCE. THE INSTALLATION, APART FROM BEING A HANGING MASS OF STEEL, STRETCHES AND EXTENDS THE ACTUAL GALLERY SPACE.

STEEL PROPS, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE KOLO GALLERY, GDANSK, 2003 FRAC LORRAINE, METZ, FRANCE, 2008 IN THE COLLECTION OF FRAC LORRAINE, METZ, FRANCE

ELEVATION
INSTALLATION FOR OLD TOWN SQUARE IN D ( PART OF THE INFAMOUS LITZMANNSTADT GHETTO DURING WORLD WAR II ) A SYMBOL-FREE, UNSIGNED FLAG FLOWS BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE GUTTER IN THE HISTORICALLY SCARRED SPACE. TEXTILE, PRINT LODZ, ZONA SZTUKI AKTUALNEJ, POLAND, 2009

VAULT
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION FOR LICHTHAUS, MODERNIST OFFICE BUILDING. AN ARCHITECTURAL APPROPRIATION, INVADING THE SPACE WITH IRREGULAR RENDITION OF THE ROMAN VAUTLED CEILING. [FROM SPACE DRAWING SERIES] PVC TUBING, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE LICHTHAUS, BREMEN, GERMANY, 2008

SURROUND / GRETCHEN
A CHANDELIER BUILT OF ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPERS (HAIR-CUTTING DEVICES), WORKING IN ON-OFF CYCLES, ACTIVATED BY VIEWERS' MOVEMENT. HAIR CLIPPERS, TIMERS, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE

ZONA SZTUKI WSPOLCZESNEJ, LODZ, POLAND, 2008

NECKLACE
STEEL CHAINS BORROWED FROM GDANSK SHIPYARD DIMENSIONS VARIABLE WYSPA INSTITUTE OF ART, GDANSK, POLAND, 2007

SUSPENSION
RECLAIMED WOOD FOUND IN THE GALLERY MAGAZINES, CABLE TIES

HOTEL MARIAKAPEL GALLERY, HOORN, HOLLAND, 2007

MOMENTUM
KINETIC SCULPTURE SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION FOR THE GALLERY LOCATED IN A FORMER APARTMENT. THE FURNITURE-LIKE OBJECT IS ORGANICALLY BUILT INTO IT - IT REPEATS THE MOULDING PATTERNS OF DOOR FRAMES AND SKIRTINGS FOUND IN THE APARTMENT. THE OBJECT VIBRATES VIOLENTLY, SENDING SHOCK WAVES THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING. THE INSTALLATION IS ACCOMPANIED WITH THE VIDEO OF A SEAGULL HANGING IN THE AIR.

WOOD, ENGINE, STEEL, VIDEO WARSAW ACTIVE OF ARTISTS, WARSAW, POLAND, 2007

CONCENTRATION
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION A GROUP OF ARTIFICIAL COLUMNS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE REAL ONES BUILT INTO THE REGULAR ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXHIBITION SPACE (FORMER SHOPPING MALL) ALTONALE FESTIVAL, HAMBURG, GERMANY, 2006

DIE GLOCKE / GHNTA

EPHEMERAL INSTALLATION BICYCLE BELL, RIVER BREMEN, GERMANY, 2004

TATTOO [electromagnetic series]

[about electromagnetic series]
UNBROKEN LENGTH OF ELECTICAL CABLE ARRANGED IN A DRAWING OR OBJECTS. WHEN LIVE CURRENT IS RUN THROUGH THE THE ARTWORKS INVISIBLE ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE FIELD (EM) IS INDUCED / GENERATED. THE EM IS A MODIFICATION OF THE SPACE ITSELF, CAPABLE OF STORING AND TRANSMITTING ENERGY. WHENEVER THE ELECTRONS RUSH THROUGH LOOPS OF CABLE OR THROUGH A HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SAME NATURE IS CREATED. HERE THE HUMAN AND THE SCULPTURAL EM FIELDS PHYSICALLY OVERLAP.

PIRELLI CABLE, CURRENT, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

PLATAN GALLERY, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 2005

THE FIELD [electromagnetic series]

UNBROKEN 1,5 KILOMETER OF ELECTRICAL SPEAKER CABLE [COPPER VEIN IN TRANSPARENT CASING] WOUND ON A STEEL FRAME. CABLE, CURRENT, MAGNETS, TIES, STEEL, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

SCULPTURE CENTER, NEW YORK,

2003

WHITE WREATH [electromagnetic series]

CABLE, CURRENT, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

BIENNALE BALTICUM, RAUMAN TAIDEMUSEO, FINLAND, 2004 IN THE COLLECTION OF WYSPA ART INSTITUTE, GDANSK

HEADHUNTER
WROUGHT AND POLISHED STEEL BLADE

WYSPA INSTITUTE OF ART, GDANSK, POLAND, 2004

SURROUND_SOUND_MANDALA
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPERS, TIMER, MOVEMENT SENSORS, LIGHT ON ENTERING, THE VIEWER IS CONFRONTED BY DEAFENING NOISE OF HAIR CLIPPERS, DARKNESS AND A CENTRAL FIELD OF LIGHT. WHEN ONE ENTERS THE LIGHT, SPOTLIGHT GOES OFF. TO RE-ACTIVATE THE SPOTLIGHT, VIEWER MUST STEP BLINDLY INTO THE LOUD DARKNESS. KRZATANINA / BUSTLE, BWA, GALLERY OF MODERN ART, WROCLAW, POLAND, 2004

MANDALA_003

PENDANT TO SURROUND_SOUND_MANDALA KRZATANINA / BUSTLE, GALLERY OF MODERN ART, ZIELONA GORA, POLAND, 2004

FITTED [drawing in space series]

PAINTED FOLDING RULES FITTED IN NOOKS AND CRANNIES IN THE GALLERY CORNERS, NAILS FROM PREVIOUS SHOWS, LIGHT SYSTEM

NIEUWE VIDE GALLERY, HAARLEM, HOLLAND, 2007

MEASURES [drawing in space series]

FOLDING RULES, PAINT

18TH STREET ARTS CENTER, SANTA MONICA, USA, 2006

3D TAG / SPATIAL GRAFFITI [drawing in space series]

A VENTURE INTO SPATIAL GRAFITTI. LIGHTWEIGHT BUNDLED LOOPS, HIDDEN SIGNATURES / TAGS DANCING IN THE WIND IN POSTINDUSTRIAL SPACE OF GDANSK SHIPYARDS.

PVC PIPES, LIGHT

WYSPA INSTITUTE OF ART, GDANSK, POLAND, 2008

RROSE COLUMN
TEXTILE COLUMN THAT FILLED THE POSTINDUSTRIAL SPACE OF GDASK SHIPYARDS' MODELLING ROOM (SHIPS USED TO BE DESIGNED HERE) WITH INTENSE ROSE SCENT CANVAS, ROSE EXTRAIT, CAPILLARY ACTION

MODELARNIA, , GDANSK, POLAND, 2004 IN THE COLLECTION OF WYSPA INSTITUTE OF ART, GDANSK

CRYSTAL LIGHT
FAUX-CRYSTAL GLASS LAMPSHADES, CHARACTERISTIC AND OMNIPRESENT IN RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICIAL BUILDINGS OF THE 60- AND 70- TIES IN EASTERN EUROPE. (STAIRCASES, LIFTS, CORRIDORS, WAITING ROOMS) FISHEYE, SLUPSK, POLAND, 2002

RE_CONSTRUCTION [post-sculpture series]

VINTAGE CHINA, POLYMER CLAY

NOTIONS OF WILDERNESS, KASIA KAY ART PROJECTS, CHICAGO, USA, 2007 YOU WON'T FEEL A THING, KUNSTHAUS DRESDEN, GERMANY, 2006

THE WALL [post_painting series]

LAYERED SELLOTAPE, PERFORMATIVE PAINTING LAYERS OF TAPE WERE BEING APPLIED OVER ONE-MONTH-LONG PERIOD FINALLY, THE RESULTING PAINTING WAS RIPPED OFF THE WALL AND DESTROYED

WYSPA GALLERY, GDANSK, POLAND, 2001

SHADOWS OF PAINTINGS [post_painting series]

BLANK CANVAS, PAINT

WYSPA GALLERY, GDANSK, POLAND, 2001

THE SLIGHTEST CARGO [post_painting series]

GLOSS VARNISH ON THE WOODEN PALLET

MODELARNIA, GDANSK, POLAND, 2002

UNTITLED [post_painting series]

PRINTED, READY-MADE TEXTILES, FLOOR VARNISH ON WOOD

ASP GALLERY, GDANSK, POLAND, 2000

ORWO MUSEUM [post_painting series]

VINTAGE TRANSPARENCIES FROM RUSSIAN HERMITAGE MUSEUM FADED INTO CHARACTERISTIC LILAC-BLUISH TINT DEVELOPED WITH TIME BY PHOTOGRAPHIC ORWO SYSTEM (EASTERN BLOCK VERSION OF KODAK) MATCH-BOXES

MODELARNIA, GDANSK, POLAND, 2006

PAINTING BY NUMBERS [post_painting series]

ENCAUSTIC ON SOAP

KOLO GALLERY, GDANSK, POLAND, 2000 - 2002

FALLEN [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2005-ONGOING