Bownik : undercoat / Magdalena Ziółkowska (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bownik, Paweł.

Ziółkowska, Magdalena, editor.

Central Museum of Textiles (Łódź, Poland), host institution.

Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha (Kraków, Poland), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bownik, Paweł--Exhibitions.

Bownik, Paweł.

Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Undercoat

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2022]

Summary:

In his monumental photographs, taken with a large-format analogue camera, Pawel Bownik examines "artificiality" in photography. Drawing inspiration from the classic iconography of historical still lifes, and genre painting, as well as the aesthetics of 1940s American cinema, he questions historical norms of representation. Carefully dissecting the elementary components of his subjects, his work is driven by his attention to minutiae. Flowers are disassembled, only to be surgically reconstructed - without hiding their artificiality. Alternatively, he challenges the historical narratives symbolized by traditional costumes. Turning them inside-out introduces the possibility of a different reading: In their reversed state, the intricate embroideries not only reveal their materiality, but also speak of their socio-historical context. Undercoat encompasses Bownik's work from the past decade, informed by the artist's awareness of the underlying patterns that give form to our surroundings and how we perceive them. Warsaw-based artist PAWEL BOWNIK (b. 1977) studied philosophy and sociology in Lublin, as well as photography and multimedia at the Poznan Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been exhibited in numerous group shows in Poland and beyond.

Notes:

"This collection of works by Paweł Bownik has been created to accompy his individual exhibition entitled Bownik: Podszerstek / Undercoat held at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź (April 21 - July 24, 2022) and Manggha Museum in Krakow (Spring - Summer 2023)."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Textiles, Lodz, April 21 - July 24, 2022; Manggha Museum, Krakow, spring - summer, 2023.

ISBN:

9783775752503

3775752501

9788360146866

8360146861

OCLC:

1328019161