Paweł Książek (PL)
Since the beginning of his career, Książek has been interested in the roots of Modernism. The methodology which the artist uses is based on working with archives, encyclopaedic and factual sources. He develops his path of investigation by using the analytical studies of avant-garde aesthetics. He researches the mutual relations between the human body and objects in space, nature, and culture through their construction and deconstruction. The result of Książek's creative process has several layers. It begins with a series of text-image works on paper based on a very careful selection of photos and motifs. These conceptual works are materials that will eventually develop into large-format oil paintings.
Paweł Książek (b. 1973, Andrychów) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main. He was a resident at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2011) and SOArt in Austria (2013), and was holder of the scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2008. Recent exhibitions include: Salzburger Kunstverein (Salzburg; AT), Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art (Kraków; PL); Polish Institute in Berlin (Berlin; DE), Foksal Gallery, (Warsaw; PL).
N.N. 71
Oil on canvas
2021
Courtesy of the artist and Persons Projects
Composition 02 (Susanne)
Oil on canvas
2021
Courtesy of the artist and Persons Projects
Fig. 48
Oil on canvas
2015
Courtesy of the artist and Persons Projects
Composition 19 (Vivien Leigh)
Oil on canvas
2017
Courtesy of the artist and Persons Projects
Fig. 57
Oil on canvas
2015
Courtesy of the artist and Persons Projects