Shopping at Zlote Tarasy Print

Sylwester Chrapowicz (born 1973) - sociologist and pedagogue. His passion is painting, film and photography. He studied fine arts in Israel. In the mid-1990s, his debut oil paintings come in the form of large formats, Judaic and Christian symbols as well as "lace" golden ornamentation. He prepared negatives for the sculptures of Israeli artist Yorini Nahman. He presented his paintings twice at individual exhibitions (1997 and 1998) and at two collective exhibitions with auctions (1999 and 2000) in Tel Aviv. He exhibited his works at home and abroad. Participant of the final exhibition of the 42nd Biennale of Painting "Bielska Jesień 2015", WOAK Białystok 2015, BWA Bielsko Biala 2016, and the Museum of North-Mazowsze in Łomża 2017. In his works, the artist combines the richness of ornaments drawn from medieval codices with the style of contemporary advertising, and refers to ubiquitous consumerism. The aim of his work is to capture sociological and economic changes taking place in Poland over the last decade, when modern media media replace human relationships. The captured frame in the pictures shows real situations such as shopping, text messaging, and using a smartphone. The brand names rewritten in images fulfill several functions: they define time, place, fashion trends, show ubiquitous advertising, market globality, and in combination with ornament and saturated color they reflect the atmosphere of the shopping gallery. You get the impression that today's shopping malls are modern churches that, instead of eternal life, offer a life of luxury and prosperity, here and now.