Jaroslaw Kukowski

A contemporary Polish widely-known painter. Kukowskis works are described as examples of surrealism or photosurrealism. He uses techniques of drawing and oil painting. His characteristic painting effect is "trompe l'oeil" an illusion of three-dimensionality experienced by viewers. The artist is famous for his untypical process of documenting his painting activities by recording them in the form of animation.Kukowski explores moral and social themes relating to death and elapsing time in his works. They are also a detailed study of human nature and their objective is to move the spectator deeply.Critics divide Jarosaw Kukowskis artistic work into three phases: his early artistic works are marked by elaborate dramatic symbolism. Human figures are subject to deformation, whereas landscapes become surrealistic. It is a series called non-dreams. Another series entitled frescos is distinguished by a sense of time elapsing and dramatism in the form of frescos under which there are slightly revealed some other pictures. In the most recent paintings described as undreams the artist returned to surrealism, irony and provocation.Joanna KalinowskaIconography referring to the present time and oscillating between hyper- and surrealism is the s...

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2017 – NCK Ratusz Staromiejscki, Gdańsk, Polska
2017 – Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Włocławek, Polska
2016 – Muzeum Miasta Gdańska, Polska
2016 – Rzeszów, Filharmonia Podkarpacka im. Artura Malawskiego, Polska
2016 – Katowice Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA, Polska
2016 – Warszawa Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga, Polska
2016 – Wrocław, Galeria Miejska, Polska
2016 – Zielona Góra, Galeria PRO ARTE
2016 – Wolnzach, Hopfenmuseum, Niemcy
2015 – ZACHĘTA Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warszawa, Polska
2015 – Tczew, Fabryka Sztuk, Polska
2015 – Muzeum Miejskie, Wrocław, Polska
2015 – Bator Galeria, Szczyrk, Polska
2015 – „Geysers of Subconsciousness” Kaługa, Rosja
2015 – Galeria Quantum, Warszawa, Polska
2014 - Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańsk, Polska
2014 - Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA w Katowicach, Polska
2014 - Millenium Hall w Rzeszowie, Polska
2014 - Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warszawa
2014 - Muzeum Diecezjalne, Pelplin, Polska
2013 - ZACHĘTA Narodowa Galeria Sztuki Warszawa, Polska
2013 - Muzeum Miejskie we Wrocławiu, Polska
2013 - Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Kołobrzeg, Polska
2012 - Millenium Hall, Rzeszów, Polska
2012 - Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Kołobrzeg, Polska
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