Prototypes 05: Marek Sobczyk. A Trip on the Wire [Polentransport]

While visiting the space of the exhibition “Prototypes 05: Marek Sobczyk. A Trip on the Wire [Polentransport]”, we follow the meandering installation which leads us to subsequent paintings. The structure made of 180 metres of galvanized wire is an artistic tribute to Katarzyna Kobro. The work is part of Marek Sobczyk's long-term project "Museum" (in inverted commas!), under which the artist enters into a dialogue with the works of such artists as: Magdalena Abakanowicz,  Stanisław Dróżdż,  James Joyce,  Jeff Koons,  Kazimir Malevich, and Roman Opałka. At the exhibition "A Trip on the Wire“.[Polentransport], the artist is in dialogue with Katarzyna Kobro, with Stanisław Lem’s “Solaris”, and with Joseph Beuys, at whose famous gift from 1981 he decides to look with a critical eye.

 With the help of the technical team of the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź,  Sobczyk worked with a wire rod, bending it, and following the Fibonacci sequence of 3: 5: 8, created shapes inspired by Kobro's sculptures. The wire runs through eight stations, the shapes of which resemble space probes, telephone booths or kites. Each of the stations consists of five paintings. Marek Sobczyk's painting art invites you to look at fragments of reality with an appropriate distance and sense of humor. For the artist, any tabloid texts, photos or memes found on the Internet become a pretext to build a susceptible to rapid changes iconography of our times.

Marek Sobczyk was born in 1955 in Warsaw, where he lives and works. He is a painter, a designer, and a theorist. He studied painting in 1975–80 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he took his diploma in the studio of Stefan Gierowski. He was a founding member of Gruppa and a co-creator of Oj Dobrze Już magazine. His painting expresses itself through color, drawing, theme, and function. Through his practice (painting, spatial works, perfor­mances) and his theory he explores issues such as manners, criticism, propaganda, and politics, he also paraphrases icono­graphic religious motifs. Many of his pictures incorporate text as an important part of the composition. In 1979–86, Sobczyk’s work commented on Poland’s sociopolitical situation. Apart from painting, he writes theory and makes spatial projects. He also does graphic design and typography (in 1990–2004 he was in the Zafryki group with Piotr Młodożeniec). Since 2003 he has been carrying out his long-running “museum” in inverted commas project.

Hanna Wróblewska curates the exhibition while Anna Łazar is the curator representing the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź.

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The event will be held in the sanitary regime, therefore the number of places will be limited. The limit does not apply to people who have a valid certificate of vaccination against COVID-19. Presenting the proof of vaccination is voluntary. We encourage you to take advantage of this option and prepare the document (QR code) in advance.

The exhibition was produced with the support of the Goethe-Institut

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