Marek Sulek “My Sweet Stories” 22.04 – 28.05.2005
April 22, 2005 12:50 pm |
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Marek Sulek “Magdalena”
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Marek Sulek “Rafal and Aleksander”
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De Poolse fotograaf Marek Su³ek presenteert zijn recente serie “My Sweet Stories” waarin het lichamelijk aspect wordt geraakt in een “retro”-uitgave. Sulek experimenteert al jaren met fotografie, werken creërend die schilder- en graphische technieken verenigen met fotobeelden. Bijvoorbeeld: foto-schilderen (dat bestaat uit de destructie van negatieven), de serie “Mixings” (gebruikmakend van verf), “Postcards” (in de stijl van oude ansichtkaarten), beelden uit de serie “Stories” (acryl schilderijen fuseren met elementen uit de fotografie). De foto’s in de serie “My Sweet Stories” gaan terug naar de oude ansichtkaarten en zijn vervaardigd in de stijl uit het begin van de 20ste eeuw. De kunstenaar maakt gebruik van klassieke methoden van ontwikkelen en afdrukken in zwart/wit fotografie evenals oude handmatige technieken van retoucheren en kleuren. De tentoonstelling zal te bezichtigen zijn vanaf 23 april t/m 28 mei 2005 in de Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35, Amsterdam. De opening vindt plaats op VRIJDAG 22 april van 18.00 tot 20.00 uur. U bent van harte welkom. |
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Marek Sulek “Rafal”
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Marek Sulek “Marta”
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| This is the newest series of photographs by the Polish photographer Marek Sulek. It touches upon the bodily aspect in a “retro”-style.Sulek has experimented with photography for years, creating pieces which link painting techniques to graphics and photography. These are for example: photo-painting (resulting from the destruction of negatives), the series “Mixings” (using paint), “Postcards” (in the style of old postcards, paintings from the series “Stories” (fusing acryl paintings with elements of photography).
The images from the series “Sweet Stories” refer back to the postcards and pictures in the style and convention of the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The artist makes use of classic methods of development and printing in black & white photography, as well as classic manual techniques of retouching and colouring. |
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| MAREK SULEK Born 1963 in Tarnów, Poland. Graduated in 1992 from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and G. Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. |
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| 1990 | – “Red on green”, Foundation of Polish Culture, Warsaw |
| 1991 | – “Paintings”, Het Oude Station Gallery, Hauten, Netherlands |
| 1992 | – “In context of icon”, Gallery of The Royal Conservatory, the Hague N.L. – “In context of architecture”, Pallace Mauritshuis, Willemstad, Netherlands |
| 1993 | – “Kind of blue”, Apert Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands – “Zoen light”, Kuchnia Gallery, Warsaw – “Back to nature”, DAP Gallery, Warsaw – “Zone of light 2”, Het Langhuis Gallery, Zwolle, Netherlands – “Iets Blauw”, Het Paleis – National Museum, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 1994 | – “Zoidiogamia”, Hof Huiser Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands – “Back to nature 2”, Nanky de Vreeze Gallery, Amsterdam – “Back to nature 3”, streets of Antwerp, EURO-ART 94 Belgium – “Andy is dead”, Zderzak Gallery, Cracow, Poland |
| 1995 | – “Blue M”, Schroder Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands – “Zone of dependences” , Exposorium Gallery V.U., Amsterdam – “Black to Blue”, T.U.Gallery (for European Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| 1996 | – “Biological sculpture” , open space, Petrykozy, Poland – “Blue X5”, Apert Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 1997 | – “Blue Tree”, city space, Szczecin, Poland – “Blue Tree for Sarajevo”, Sarajevo Winter Festival 97, Bosnia – “Fotoobrazy”, Shoros Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo – “Rose Tree”, city space, Warsaw – “Swimming installation X26”, city space, Delft, Netherlands – “Blue X 3”, Synagogue Cultural Center, Delft, Netherlands – “Retrospective “,- Aleksander Art&Culture Art Agency, Amsterdam |
| 1998 | – “Blue X 5”, Gallery of Sculpture + Kuchnia Gallery, Warsaw – “Three spaces”, Polish Center, Brussels, Belgium – “Dream of blue”, city space, Warsaw – “The End of rose”, city space, Warsaw |
| 1999 | – “In context of water – in context of forest” + “Silence producer X1”, international workshop, La Pommerie, France – “The short story about blue” Studio Theatre, Warsaw – “In context of nature “, open space, Czubajowizna, Poland – “In context of body”, Schroder Gallery, The Hague – “Dream of… XY”, city space, Spuiplain, The Hague – “One use sculpture + Blue collection”, Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland – “Monumental Sculpture XL 1” Cracow, Poland |
| 2000 | – “Rose Millennium”, The Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland – “In context of body 2 “, S – Author Gallery, Warsaw – “Monumental Sculpture XL”, International Festival, city space, Warsaw – “Su³ek – retrospective”, Zamek, Nidzica, Poland – “Building”, city space, The Old Town, Warsaw – “People 2000”, Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany |
| 2001 | – “Archives Y”, Gallery of Rozmaitoœci Theatre, Warsaw – “Triptych”, Contemporary Art Gallery of Rempex, Warsaw – “The story of One Use Sculpture”, industrial city space, Warsaw – “Blue on Rose”, ATR New Media Gallery, Warsaw – “Four spaces”, Brantenbjerg Gallery, Denmark – “Archive”, City Gallery, Toruñ, Poland – “The Object”, city space , Warsaw – “In context of”, Soma exposition space, Warsaw |
| 2002 | – “Mixing”, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw – “The Object”, city space, Toruñ, Poland |
| 2003 | -“Four Spaces”, Nydai Gallery, New York – “Multimixing”, Aurora Gallery, New York – “A piece of Manhattan Sky”- Center of Manhattan |
| 2004 | – “Transformations 2004”,Warszawa – “Poscard from New York”, EMPiK Gallery, Warszawa – “Transformations 2004′, Toruñ – “Yellow, White, Blue”, open space, Dêbki, Poland – “Stories”, Muler Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands – “Zones of unreal reality” Galeria Miejska, Tarnów, Poland |
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| 1998 | – “The figure in Polish sculpture”, One Use Sculpture X4, Center for Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland – “Blue X13”, Studio Gallery, Warsaw |
| 1999 | – “The bioobject”, Center for Contemporary Art, Rzeszów |
| 2000 | – “Drawings and objects”, Schroder Gallery, the Hague |
| 2001 | – “Biennale of painting”, Wozownia Gallery, Toruñ, Poland – “Aspects of bodies”, Academia Gallery, Warsaw – “Bielska Jesieñ 2001”, B.W.A. Gallery, Bielsko Bia³a, Poland |
| 2002 | – “From the series Mixing” Bezdomna Gallery, – Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice |
| 2003 | – “White on white”, Nizio Gallery – “Erotics” Rempex Gallery (Dom Aukcyjny), Warsaw |
| 2004 | – “Poscard from Warsaw”, Bezdomna Gallery, London – “30 dirty pictures”, WM Gallery , Amsterdam |
| 1992 – Prize of Polish Artists Association for the best graduation (at A.S.P. in Warsaw) and the prize of examining board for the graduation at the Rietveld Academy 2003 – Grand of Schroder Foundation, the Haguecontact: e-mail: sulekmarek@wp.pl, mob. phone 00 48 606928124 Warsaw, Poland |
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