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Jarek Wojcik’s solo exhibition will delve into a world of the artist’s invention, creating realms on the canvas of hyper-realistic images that cannot, in fact, be real. The series of works will invite the viewer to travel through the narrative, finding links and images that seem familiar, yet slightly puzzling.
Rich in their imagery, illuminated almost by candlelight, the viewer is transported to an enchanting and surreal place. The paintings explore the perception of a Nuevo Riche, clichéd in its obsession with trophies and image, deeply rooted in a historical understanding of bourgeois culture, yet existing in a modern environment.
The painted scenes are not necessarily real or physical, but a mental landscape where one can freely imagine and create. In conversation with reality and imagination, a combination of both the distant past and the vigorously new exists in this opulently detailed work.
Jarek Wojcik was born in Poland, where he studied painting and art history, graduating with a Masters in Medieval Mural Art, from the University of Poznan. Selected solo and group exhibitions include 2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Anna Pappas Gallery; Art Athina, Athens, Anna Pappas Gallery, 2014; Conscious Disquiet, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, 2013; Museums Series, at Syndicate@Danks, Sydney and New Gallery on Old Bailey, Hong Kong in 2013; You are here, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, 2011; KIAF 11, Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea, Catherine Asquith Gallery; …and everything emptying into white, Galeria Trystero, Poland, 2011. His work is held in the National Museum, Szczecin, Poland; Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Canberra; and numerous private collections in Australia, Poland, New Zealand, USA, England, Malaysia, Austria, France, Sweden, Germany, Hong Kong and South Korea.
Anna Pappas Gallery, 2-4 Carlton Street Prahran, VIC 3181
