Control Lapse

The exhibition at the Szydłowski Gallery during WGW 25 juxtaposes Wiktor Dyndo's latest painting series, "The State of Crisis," with Jakub Koźniewski's multimedia works under the banner "Models of Crisis." The similarity of their names, or more precisely, the repetition of the word "crisis" in both artists, is a manifestation of their shared sensitivity to contemporary imbalances, both at the level of the Western political system and at the personal level of psychological balance. These two scales are interconnected, although they can sometimes manifest in different ways. A mirror-like parallelism between the inner and outer worlds, each experiencing the uncertainty of the future.

Since participating in WGW 21, Wiktor Dyndo has held numerous institutional shows in Poland and abroad in recent years. Most recently, these exhibitions have been held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the Zachęta Gallery, and the Municipal Gallery in Łódź. The guiding themes in his work are representations of political power, conflict, and the clash between the timescale of universal history and individual human experience. The latest series of oil-on-canvas paintings addresses the architecture of power, which, despite its temporary dimension, presents itself as eternal and sublime through structures of stairs and elevations crafted from noble materials such as marble and granite.

Jakub Koźniewski is a digital artist who simultaneously programs and constructs the material envelope of his robotic works. Koźniewski is known to international audiences for his multimedia projects, which have been recognized at major cultural technology festivals in Europe, such as Ars Electronica in Austria and KIKK in Belgium, realized as part of the PanGenerator collective. The series shown at WGW is the artist's first solo exhibition project.