British artist and architect Mark Dziewulski will showcase a provocative new series of paintings and sculptures at Gallery Different, London from 25th April - 1st May 2018. This work debuted at the Biennale di Venezia 2017, where he exhibited alongside Julian Schnabel, Jeff Koons and Yoko Ono. Dziewulski has received numerous accolades and awards, and he has been published more than a hundred fifty times in fourteen countries. For his public sculpture in Warsaw, the artist was honoured with the Gold Cross Order of Merit from the Polish Government, which was endorsed by Buckingham Palace.
While photographic portraits depict an instant, Dziewulski tests the limits of painting and sculpture to capture his subjects’ life-force, or their ever-changing motions and emotions. Dziewulski dances between the worlds of figurative representation and abstraction, searching for the elusive essence of his subjects. His “painted digitals” deconstruct visual references, testing just how far interference can go while still maintaining recognition.
In addition to paintings, the exhibition features Dziewulski’s latest sculptural series, Layers of Self, that launched at The Times Centre (The New York Times building) in Manhattan in late 2017. Layers of Self is made with multiple layers of transparent plexiglass, each with a painted portrait. When seen while the viewer is walking around the work or from an angle, it creates the illusion of a three-dimensional bust. Thus the work manifests the nature of people’s characters, which we discover in layers that are built up to create a whole.
“With paint you have this amazing ability to incorporate into the still image the extra dimensions of time and memory.” – Mark Dziewulski
The Private View will take place on Wednesday 25th April and is strictly rsvp only. If you would like to receive an invitation please contact us.
A small preview of the exhibition is available below - the full exhibition will be posted online after the opening.