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| Left: above: "DataError Lgg2hot" c-type print, below: "PrayPlay" oil painting. Right: "DataError Abstt" c-type print. |
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Showing posts with label Press Outs. Show all posts
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Dash Magazine Feature
Kaltblut Magazine review
"(...) And there’s another presence across the floor that seems to beckon you closer. Like futuristic power forks, two strikingly sharp steel sculptures by Konrad Wyrebek invite you to touch – if you dare. At once fetishistic and religious, alien and occult, closer inspection of Wyrebek’s YYBKSLAVE reveals strips of gaffer tape hanging from the metal spears."
"(...) A short video fIlmed at the Flesh Reality private view offers some explanation as, awkwardly observed by a teeming crowd, two naked bodies are tied by tape to the sculptures and then, at the end of the evening, released."
"(...) There is the uneasy sense that the figures are simultaneously worshipping and enslaved, passively submitting to their own narcissistic fantasy. The sculptures then have two lives – a before and after. The residue of the piece’s human presence is rendered even more poignant when the documentation is considered too, with its suggestion that you have unearthed a relic from tomorrow."
"(...) It draws your eye back to Sarah Lucas and her intestinal snake in a skin of flesh tone nylon – a malformed piece of inside out life. And beyond this are two powerful paintings by Konrad Wyrebek, Triumverate I and II, that also twist the human form – here with brush strokes that are brilliantly free; alternately washed out and strident. The effect is a poised orgy of monochrome flesh that is somehow withdrawn and undecided – tainted with a bleak futility that no shower will ever shift." by Gerard Woods
"(...) Next you notice indentations in the strip of fabric beneath them and you start to think ‘people were here.’ But were these humans praying, or were they hostages bound to the metal?"
"(...) A short video fIlmed at the Flesh Reality private view offers some explanation as, awkwardly observed by a teeming crowd, two naked bodies are tied by tape to the sculptures and then, at the end of the evening, released."
"(...) There is the uneasy sense that the figures are simultaneously worshipping and enslaved, passively submitting to their own narcissistic fantasy. The sculptures then have two lives – a before and after. The residue of the piece’s human presence is rendered even more poignant when the documentation is considered too, with its suggestion that you have unearthed a relic from tomorrow."
"(...) It draws your eye back to Sarah Lucas and her intestinal snake in a skin of flesh tone nylon – a malformed piece of inside out life. And beyond this are two powerful paintings by Konrad Wyrebek, Triumverate I and II, that also twist the human form – here with brush strokes that are brilliantly free; alternately washed out and strident. The effect is a poised orgy of monochrome flesh that is somehow withdrawn and undecided – tainted with a bleak futility that no shower will ever shift." by Gerard Woods
Artlyst review
""The most immediately striking piece in the show is by Konrad Wyrebek with his sculpture 'YYBKSLAVE' which explores the idea of personal body obsession as a New Religion."
(...) "During the private view for Flesh Reality, two live models (one of each gender) were blindfolded, undressed and tied onto two steel sculptures that Wyrebek has evolved from the deconstruction of a pentagram. It's a piece that evokes the uneasy relationship between rationality and fanatic belief, and also the consequences that 'perfect body' fanaticism may inflict on a 'believer's' mind and body. Wyrebek also shows two powerful monochrome paintings, 'Triumvirate I and II', that connect visually with Sarah Lucas' 'NUD' sculpture and that, despite their small size, have an energy and sense of nihilism that resonates long after you leave."
(...) "During the private view for Flesh Reality, two live models (one of each gender) were blindfolded, undressed and tied onto two steel sculptures that Wyrebek has evolved from the deconstruction of a pentagram. It's a piece that evokes the uneasy relationship between rationality and fanatic belief, and also the consequences that 'perfect body' fanaticism may inflict on a 'believer's' mind and body. Wyrebek also shows two powerful monochrome paintings, 'Triumvirate I and II', that connect visually with Sarah Lucas' 'NUD' sculpture and that, despite their small size, have an energy and sense of nihilism that resonates long after you leave."
Sculpture Activation Video
Live sculpture by Konrad Wyrebek a a part of Flesh Reality show in Point Zero Project space, London.
Polish Cultural Institute
"The works of London based artists Konrad Wyrebek, Sarah Lucas, Matthew Miles and New York based artist Laurie Simmons, explore contemporary notions of the body in the capitalist fantasy."
(...) "Wyrebek's practice is also centered on the bi-phenomena of capitalist fashion and lifestyle consumerism, where building a certain kind of 'standardised' body in the media is treated as a new form of religion. Such a tendency can subsequently result in a submissive and sometimes even masochistic relationship to the manipulating voices of widespread media material."
(...) "Wyrebek's practice is also centered on the bi-phenomena of capitalist fashion and lifestyle consumerism, where building a certain kind of 'standardised' body in the media is treated as a new form of religion. Such a tendency can subsequently result in a submissive and sometimes even masochistic relationship to the manipulating voices of widespread media material."
Huffingtonpost review
"Visualise a kind of living sculpture, half human half metal and picture the scene... Two people walk into a gallery, naked, and are taped to a sculpture for three hours as spectators come and for an East End art opening, the opening of "Flesh Reality" at the Point Zero Project Space, Dalston, London. How do you think you would feel? Uncomfortable? Intimate? Scared? Aroused?"
"(...) exhibition featuring well established and up and coming artists working in with a range of media. If this show is anything to go by, I for one, very much look forward to seeing what they do next." by Amah-Rose McKnight-Abrams
"(...) exhibition featuring well established and up and coming artists working in with a range of media. If this show is anything to go by, I for one, very much look forward to seeing what they do next." by Amah-Rose McKnight-Abrams
Culture pl review
"As evidenced in the "live sculpture" seen in the video, Wyrebek's practice is focused on the capitalist approach to the body and lifestyle consumerism of contemporary life. The idea of a "standardised" body and its ritualistic representation in the media is part of a tendency to reduce the body to a shallow physical form, bringing on an inherent manipulation."
Hunger Tv review
"The inaugural show at any gallery is important as is sets the tone and the aims for each exhibition to come. Point Zero gallery has therefore made a powerful announcement with its first show Flesh Reality."
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| Konrad Wyrebek (two oil paintings) and Sarah Lucas (sculpture, courtesy of Sadie Coles HQ), |
Diane Pernet - A Shaded View
"(...) its private view attended by over 800 gallery goers."
"(...) A live - and naked - performance that 'activated' an alien-esque sculpture piece by Konrad Wyrebek created a charged atmosphere, with the crowds also taking in bold works by the likes of Sarah Lucas, Erwin Wurm, Laurie Simmons."
Flesh Reality Video Tour
A short tour of Flesh Reality, the debut exhibition at Point Zero project space, London
Crane Tv - studio visit and interview
A short interview video with artist Konrad Wyrebek. Filmed in his studio in Dalston, East London, the video takes a closer look at his work across various media, including painting, moving image and sculpture.
Models Work hard | Artists too
Was invited to find out how it feels to be a model (repetition/blood/hard work!!) when I shot Comme De Garcons ss13 collection for the new issue of Ala Champfest Magazine. Here are a few Behind the scenes pictures from the shoot for issue 6 - launch in Paris tomorrow, can't wait to see it.
It was shot by Palida Pug B and styled by Scott Stephenson. Comme De Garcons SS13 collection.
All behind scenes pictures by Philip Normansell - tnatkh (tnatkh.tumblr.com)
It was shot by Palida Pug B and styled by Scott Stephenson. Comme De Garcons SS13 collection.
All behind scenes pictures by Philip Normansell - tnatkh (tnatkh.tumblr.com)
Saatchi Gallery Magazine - Studio Visit & Interview
here is a really nice interview from the studio visit, that has been published at Saatchi Gallery Magazine
, thank You for supporting me Saatchi Gallery! link to original one on the web page blow
, thank You for supporting me Saatchi Gallery! link to original one on the web page blow
Thanx Polish Cultural Institute
for promoting the show
Its cool to see it listed alongside gretest polish artist like Polish artists Mirosław Bałka, Goshka Macuga and Monika Sosnowska at Zabludowicz Collection, Wilhelm Sasnal at Whitechapel Gallery and Jakub Julian Ziolkowski at Parasol unit Bom Bom Bom... :)
Its cool to see it listed alongside gretest polish artist like Polish artists Mirosław Bałka, Goshka Macuga and Monika Sosnowska at Zabludowicz Collection, Wilhelm Sasnal at Whitechapel Gallery and Jakub Julian Ziolkowski at Parasol unit Bom Bom Bom... :)
Ai Weiwei opens at Tate Modern
It was nice to get an invitation to Tate Modern new turbid hall installation. Great artwork made out of small sculpture of sunflower seeds, you cold walk on, by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
me with Ai Weiwei
me with Ai Weiwei
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