The Propaganda Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Grzegorz Waliczek. The “Black Sun” is running from 3 February – 3 March from 12-6 p.m.
In his installation, Waliczek worked with an unusual material: vinyl foil and insolation roof foil. The challenge of integrating the paint and the foil result in a final outcome which creates the strong connection between the medium and the idea along with the sound effect of magnetic waves of the sun.
“In the space between extremes, something that Nicolas Bourriaud calls ’exform’ arises. This is a very specific category of objects that only start to exist when opposites extend far enough that completely new meanings can fit in between them, not belonging to any of the parties. “The exform designates a point of contact, a ‚socket or, ’plug”, in the process of exclusion and inclusion – a sign that switches between the center and the periphery, between dissidence and power,” writes Bourriaud. The “Black Sun” is an exhibition created in the search for forms which whilst becoming paintings, move away from it. Grzegorz Waliczek managed to create an aesthetic language emphasizing the liminality that underlies the completed works (both on the technical level and their meaning). The oxymoron in the title of the exhibition leads to its paradoxical character because on the one hand, the black sun is something that cannot exist, but on the other intuition tells us that it should.“
Grzegorz Waliczek was born on in 1965 in Katowice, Poland. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the class of A. R. Penck. He had several solo exhibitions in Madrid, Düsseldorf, Krakow, and Warsaw. He currently lives and works in Warsaw.
Propaganda Gallery is located at Foksal 11/1, Warsaw. Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday from 12 pm – 6 pm. For further information please contact the gallery at22 670 12 02 or visit www.prpgnd.net
