IGOR PRZYBYLSKI
Poland is everywhere
Individual exhibition “Poland is everywhere”, December 13, 2022-January 14, 2023, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw.
Individual exhibition "Poland is everywhere", December 13, 2022-January 14, 2023, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw. This exhibition is a story about the so-called Poland. second, third and fourth categories. The point of reference here is the railway network and stations whose names carry additional meanings. The number and variety of ambiguous place names in our country is extraordinary. These strange places can be very diverse - they are large cities or very small towns. It happens that the platform is the only structure in the area. The paintings are to some extent a reconstruction of the station boards, but due to the huge size of the originals, they are significantly reduced in size and the proportions are consistent with the original. The painterly fabric reflects the colors, typography, the method of assembly or the erosion of specific boards. An additional layer of this cycle is the role of the recipient, who scans the stations-call codes and produces images himself (e.g. Desert or Ugly faces stations). It is also a kind of linguistic game in which, through various combinations and associations of tables, the recipient can modify the original intentions of the author. The second element of the whole is a projection consisting of photographs of underground passages devoid of people, only pollution, traces of devastation or graffiti left by them are visible.