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45. Monika Chlebek

Ass

Signed on reverse
Oil on paper
13 x 19 cm
Executed in 2020

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£150 - 250

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‘Jest to jeden ze szkiców do obrazu “Wielka Dupa” malowany jako przeciwieństwo poważnych tematów w sztuce. Dupa, pupa, wystawione pośladki - z jednej strony jest to gest niezgody, komentarz opisujący beznadziejną sytuację, lub przeciwnie - element humorystyczny. Można czytać go wprost, jako ilustrację części ciała, którą zwykle zasłaniamy lub jako gest wyrażający naszą opinię. Naturalne, jasne, pastelowe barwy sprawiają, że tytułowa „dupa” nie jest wulgarna, czy obraźliwa, lecz subtelna i łagodna w swoim przekazie.’ - Monika Chlebek

‘The work is a study for a painting I made called “The Great Ass”. It was meant to be a contradiction to the seriousness of most of the subject-matter one comes across in art. Ass, bum, butt - one the one hand, it can be seen as an offensive gesture, or, as the word ‘ass’ can used in the Polish language, a signifier for the hopelessness of a situation; on the other, the butt can be a humorous touch. You can read it literally, as an anatomical illustration, a body part we tend to hide, or as a powerful statement of personal opinion. The light, pastel colours add a layer of subtlety to our titular ‘ass’, stripping it of any hints of vulgarity.' - Monika Chlebek

Monika Chlebek (b.1986) lives and works in Kraków, Poland where she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Painting. Select exhibitions include: Unalike Images, Arsenal City Gallery, Poznan, 2019; Solo show, Yuki - Sis Gallery, Tokyo, 2014; Not - Remembering, Project Room CSW Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2013; Bad dreams, Zderzak Gallery, Kraków, 2010; Shadows Conceal the Earth, BWA Warzawa Gallery, 2021, Animal Show, ACAPELLA Gallery, Naples, 2021; XY New Generation Polish-Hungarian Painting, MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, 2017; Artists from Krakow. Generation 1980 - 1990, Mocak - Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow, 2015. 

@monikachlebek
 

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