Mikołaj Poliński “Sounds of the Pentagonal Garden”

„Sounds of the Pentagonal Garden”

In 2015, I painted a piece in Japan whose composition is built up by a pentagon. I titled it „Imagining the Pentagonal Garden”, referring metaphorically to the Utopia Pavilion[1] built near Poznań. The surface of the canvas has been covered with two glass sheets, which reflect the surroundings of the painting.

The exhibition at the Jan Tarasin Art Gallery in Kalisz is an attempt to materialise an imaginary pentagonal garden – an imaginary „atelier” and its environment.

The situation in the exhibition space is created by objects, fragments of space, paintings, drawings, projected photographs and sound recordings collected from three remote „real” studios in Aso, Japan, Poznań, Poland, and the Utopia Pavilion near Poznań.

The exploration was also inspired by the question to what extent does the environment in which a painting is created determine its form? In other words, does the cultural context of the place, its spatial characteristics (proportions), the angle of incidence of light, the surrounding sounds influence the identity of the work being created?

How will the process of creating a painting be affected by moving the piece into a completely different context?

How will objects (works) belonging to completely different cultural spaces work when put together?

[1] The structure on the plan of a regular pentagon was built in 2003

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 Poznań, 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

Exhibition duration: Jun 22, – Aug 25, 2023
Exhibition opening: Thursday, Jun 22, 2023, at 7 pm

Organizer:
The Jan Tarasin Art. Gallery in Kalisz, Culture Institution of Kalisz

Gallery partners:
Ergo Hestia, Polifarb Kalisz S.A., M&P Alkohole i wina świata

Media patronage:
Calisia.pl, Radio Centrum, Ziemia Kaliska, Radio POZNAŃ

Carried out as part of the scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage