Piotr Sakowski

He uses various media in his practice. His projects combine the tradition of conceptual art, minimalistic ephemeral actions and a reflection on postproduction.

In his practice, Piotr Sakowski aims at maximum simplification of the traditional ways of presenting art – all he does is show the captions accompanying his works, which are in fact absent in the gallery. Sakowski’s subtle interference with the exhibition space, in the spirit of the conceptual art tradition, emphasises the potential of a word which is capable of creating energy and space with the entire build-up of emotions and impressions emerging at the artist/artwork/recipient meeting point. By excluding the intermediation of a tangible object with physical properties, Sakowski’s actions force the viewer to ponder the mechanisms of the reception of contemporary art and how to evaluate it.

To what extent is art nowadays based on the recipients’ imagination and their ability of abstract thinking? How far can the artist go in limiting the formal means of expression and freeing the artwork from sensual materialisation?
Piotr Sakowski’s work stimulates a number of questions regarding the notions of presence, visibility or peripherality, as well as referring to the br...

Selected Individual Exhibitions:
2019 - Underground Moon ( Andrzej Partum / Piotr Sakowski) Malaga ESP
2019 - Tak (Anastazy Wiśniewski / Piotr Sakowski) Zakopane PL
2018 - Off,site-specific outdoor, Hyeres FR
2018 - Less and Less, Archeological Museum of Kos, Kos GR
2017 - Polsilver, Antykwariat Kwadryga, Warszawa PL
2017 - Axis, performance, Menorca ESP
2017 - Floss,site-specific outdoor, Crete GR
2017 - Public Supply,performance, Faro PT
2017 - Luxury Sky Garden,outdoor, Barcelona ESP
2017 - Performance, pustka i puste gesty, Warszawa PL
2016 - Steps,performance, Madera PT
2016 - Words,site-specific outdoor, Malaga ESP
2015 - " ",site-specific, Archaeological Museum, Pigadia GR
2015 - 3/4 , PKiN, Warszawa PL
2013 - . ,Mieszkanie Gepperta, Wrocław PL
2012 - Sinopsis, Miasto Cypel, Warszawa PL
2012 - Próby, Otwarte Okienko, Warszawa PL
2011 - Unconceptual, Fundacja Bęc Zmiana, Warszawa PL
2011 - Afazje, Spółdzielnia Pracy SPOŁEM, Kołobrzeg PL
2010 - Oscylator Ekonomiczny, Mała Galeria Fotografii, Wrocław PL
2010 - Mały Biały Domek, Galeria XX1, Warszawa PL
2009 - The Screen, Galeria Leto, Warszawa PL
2009 - Czysty Obraz, Galeria Kont, Lublin PL
2008 - On Being Blue, Galeria Czysta-Oficyna Wyd. Fantom, Wro...