artists:
Kenichi Yoneda
Yoshi Sodeoka
Marcos Montane
Zach Lieberman

curator: Monika Łuszpak Skiba
venue: KAF Digital, floor -1 / Krupa Art Foundation
date: 13 July – 20 October 2024

screenings every 30 minutes form the gallery opening time

Inspired by Wojciech Fangor’s work, the immersive projections accompanying the exhibition explore his concept of “positive illusory space” using contemporary digital media. Referring to Fangor’s fascination with movement and space, which constituted the basis for his work in 1961–1973 and for optical art as such, the show introduces the context of our perception of space in the age of multimedia art.

“Contemporary painting should correspond to the contemporary concept of space. Today the mystery is located elsewhere than in the past. Today there is no contrast between man as a closed, finite personality and the finite and closed construction of a painting. Construed in this way, man and painting have little to say to each other. It seems to me that today more than ever the individual is aware of his dependence on the environment and the relativity of his position. I am interested in how to make art in the face of these changes.[1]”

Fangor’s frequent references to space-time (internal and external, or real and illusory) have now been updated to include digital and virtual space, accessible through an immersive experience composed of animations that relate to the featured paintings.

The choice of artists resonates with Fangor’s American dream – all the creators of the projections dedicated to the painter live and work in America (Z. Liberman, Y. Sodeoke, K. Yoneda in North America, M. Montane in South America).

Screenings:

Color Stripe Study, 04’35”, video Zach Lieberman, music Daito Manabe

The Wrench 5’, Yoshi Sodeoka

Circles (colored) 5’, Kenichi Yoneda

Waves (colored) 5’, Kenichi Yoneda

dsDNA(RT) 2’56”,  video Marcos Montane, music Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda, Alva Noto

[1] Wojciech Fangor in conversation with Barbara Majewska, 1958, quoted in Aukcja Sztuki Współczesnej [online], DESA Unicum 2014, unpaginated, https://cdn.desa.pl/pdf/catalogues/aukcja-sztuki-wspolczesnej-ug64-2014.12.11.pdf [accessed on June 20, 2024].