Dariusz Labuzek

Dariusz Labuzek’s primitive-style paintings are inherently figurative. Yet, their naive imagery is predominantly stylized and has an illustrative quality that is founded on an abstract painterly aesthetic. The juxtaposition of abstraction and figuration, and the fusion of mixed media, gestures, and symbols, make his work compelling. His figures were created as vessels to be filled with textures, colors, and ideas, captivating compositions that conspire to feed our curiosity and imagination.
Feeding a sculptural sensibility – possibly informed by his training as an architect and filmmaker – Labuzek repeats the same motifs in his paintings, yet each painting is utterly different. His starting point is the relationship between painterly concepts such as texture, color, line, and form; this play on ideas gives him space to explore how we see a painting, the depth, and nuance of material, as well as the potential it has to manipulate how we view the picture plane. Some of his figures look like copper or collage-like cutouts, the rest more illustrative in nature.
This freedom of expression, of looking to articulate the emotional and poetic quality of an image through painterly concepts, is a subject that has preoccupied many artists th...

Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Krakow
Humboldt State University, Department of Film & Theater, Arcata, Ca

Exhibitions and Art Shows
2018 :: "Fragmented" Group Show at Artspace8 in Chicago,IL
2018 :: The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, Ca
2016 :: Solo Show at 111 Mina Gallery, San Francisco Ca
2015 :: Artspace 8 Gallery :: 900 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
2014 :: Degenerate Art Gallery :: 5554 N. Wintrop Ave, Chicago, IL
2014 :: Multikulti Art Show :: 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
2013 :: Chicago International Hotel & Tower :: 401 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
2013 :: “Art for Heart III" Fundraising Exhibit :: Polish Museum of America, 984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
2013 :: Degenerate Art Gallery  :: 5554 N. Wintrop Ave, Chicago,  IL
2013 :: Gallery Bar :: 738 North Clark St, Chicago, IL
2013 :: Copernicus Center :: 5216 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL
2012 :: Design Cloud :: 118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL
2012 :: “Art for Heart II" Fundraising Exhibit :: Polish Museum of America, 984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
2011 :: Design Cloud :: 118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL
2011 :: “Art for Heart I" Fundraising Exhibit :: Polish Museum of America, 984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
2011 :: MAAF Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival :: 2644 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
2011 :: Zhou B Art Center - Chicago Art Matrix Gallery - Solo Exhi...