Friday,
03 May
The painting „Osaka” was presented for the first time on may 17 (2023) at the +1art space in Osaka as part of the exhibition „The Elusiveness of Shadow”. The show was accompanied by a brief introduction: “The latest artworks deal with issues related to the identity of the painting, the identity of the place and the influence of mentality (cultural context) on the reading of a visual work. The idea is to present the same and twin works in Japan and Poland. At +1art, in the Jan Tarasin Gallery in Kalisz, and in my studio at 16 Grottgera Street in Poznań. An important approach will be the direct inspiration of ‘everyday life’, e.g. the experience of living in the space of several languages, the influence of mental (psychological) processes on the understanding of space, or the use of physical quotations – fragments of reality (e.g. the space of the studio) in relation to the painting.”
The first impetus for the painting was light and shadow accidentally falling on the canvas in the studio in Poznań. After transporting the canvas to Japan, I decided to continue working in the same way. In the atelier in Aso / Takibe (Japan), each time I worked, I changed the position of the painting in space, so that it was never lit in the same way. The stripes of light and shadow were “drawn” into it.
Mikołaj Poliński born 1977, Poznań. Graduated from the University of Arts in Poznań and studied at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. A painter, who creates spatial arrangements built from drawings (paintings), objects and architectural elements, he sometimes intervenes in the matter of the place where he works, he is absorbed by the borders of visual arts and music. Teaches at the University of Arts in Poznań. Since 2003 he has been running “Galeria Naprzeciw” and has been involved in curatorial projects; “Galeria Aneks” at the Galeria Miejska Arsenał (“Arsenal” Municipal Gallery) in Poznan, Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin and Contemporary Art Museum Ise in Japan. Lives and works in Poznań and Berlin.
He has presented works at exhibitions:
Resonating Views Contemporary Art Museum Ise JP 2023
Elusiveness of Shadow +1art” Osaka JP 2023
Reflection of Blue Grey Galeria Szewska Poznań PL 2023
Critical Mass Galeria Działań Warsaw PL 2022
Osaka Kansai International Art Festival JP 2022
Listening by Eye Muzeum Susch CH 2020
Petit Galeria Sztuki im. Jana Tarasina Kalisz PL 2020
Door Opened for Moonlight “+1art” Osaka JP 2019
19 Shades of Grey Galeria Muzalewska, Poznań PL 2019
Pause (prelud) Haus der Kunst, München D 2018
Five Movements “+1art” Osaka JP 2018
Alternative Views Haus am Lützowplatz Berlin D 2015
Utopia Pavilion – Ise Contemporary Art Museum Ise JP 2015
Net Fundacja Profile, Warsaw PL 2014
Blueshift Galeria Miejska “Arsenał”, Poznań PL 2013
Uncorrupted eye MOCAK Kraków 2013 oraz Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw PL 2012
Noises of Utopia with Misa Shimomura, Emerson Gallery, Berlin D 2012
On the Other Side Zenshi, Tokyo JP 2009
Blue Fugue with M. Shimomura, Galeria Oko/Ucho, Poznań PL 2008
Portrait Session Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima JP 2007
From On Kawara to Ryan Gander Daiwa Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima JP 2006
One day in Paradise Zenshi Tokyo JP 2006
Utopia Pavilion Konstantynowo near Poznan PL 2004, 2005
Deep Black Cross, Deep Red Cross Galeria Akumulatory 2 (Inner-Spaces) Poznań PL 2002
Polyphonic Order Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań PL 2001
Organizer:
The Jan Tarasin Art Gallery in Kalisz, Culture Institution of Kalisz
Graphic design of the exhibition identification:
Daniel Szwed
Media Patronage:
Radio POZNAŃ, Radio Centrum Kalisz, portal Calisia.pl oraz Ziemia Kaliska
Gallery partners:
Ergo Hestia, Polifarb Kalisz S.A., M&P ALKOHOLE I WINA ŚWIATA.
Carried out as part of the scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage