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is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this iconoclastic artist. Taking the form of a reader, this richly illustrated collection of 11 essays—authored by internationally renowned art historians, curators and critics—analyzes
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Created in 1998, this was an exhibition of 164 color photographs of Polish and other foreign actors who played Nazis in film. The point of this collection, according to Uklański, is to question how the attractive actors seduce the viewer and blind them to the truth about the evil and ruthlessness of
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Uklański uses a variety of media, mediums, and materials, including paintings, collage, fiber, art, installation, and photography. Photography can be considered his primary media, but the materials in his art range from resin paintings, collage, linen, plant fiber, and aluminium, to pencil shavings,
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Created in 1996, this installation piece is composed of glass, an aluminum-raised floor structure and computer-controlled LED and sound system. It is a fully functioning disco dance floor with synchronized music. It creates an atmosphere for social interaction where the viewers complete the piece.
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Emerging in the mid-1990s, the Warsaw-born, New York-based artist Piotr Uklański has created a provocative body of work that ranges across media, from installation, paper reliefs, tie-dye paintings, textile-based immersive sculptures and resin-based sculptures and paintings to photography,
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was—you realize that you can work in the commercial world of photography and still make art. That's what I was aiming at. That's not exactly how I ended up supporting myself as an artist, but that was the interest that I took when it came to
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The style of Uklański's work is as wide-ranging as his use of materials. His work has challenged societal views on death and sex, and also often explores political movements as they intersect with society and media. An example is his work,
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Uklański uses unconventional materials by weaving them together or finding other means to adhere them to each other or to canvas. He has attempted work by "painting without a brush" using oil and canvas.
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in London and lead to controversy as it displayed photographs of actors who had portrayed Nazis in film. Several works from the collection were destroyed and the exhibition was closed down.
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grid floor in the gallery and developed it into a disco dance floor activated with sound and lit with bright colors. His works have been featured at the
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in Warsaw. The exhibition was eventually closed down, and some of the works were destroyed as a result of scandal that erupted after the exhibition.
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situate Uklański's work in art historical and theoretical contexts, it also provides some unconventional, humorous interpretations. Published by
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and received his
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colored graphite, and ceramics. Uklański has also released a feature film called
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whom he featured in a photograph as a part of his collection titled
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