Artist Information:
Rafal Karcz
krakow,
Poland
Member Since: Jan 2010
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Artist Statement:
The Iao: Acme Burger Company
gallery is proud to present
the experimental mixed media
watercolors from Polish artist
Rafal Karcz. Within his
multiple series of small-scale
paintings, the artist examines
and critiques historical
truth, cultural trends
particularly among the youth,
and battling control/chaos
within the medium of
watercolors, which he uses to
violate traditional assumption
about what the craft can do
within the viewer’s
expectations.
Examples of source imagery
which Karcz range from photo
still taken from the
anarchy/punk movement
supposedly from Europe to mug
shots taken of the
co-directors of Phillips
Gallery in downtown Salt Lake
City to a still of the
kidnapped Hanns-Martin
Schleyer by the infamous
Baader-Meinhof terrorists.
Whether the original source is
an appropriated press
photographs from the annals of
history or possibly personal
snapshots from the artist’s
own camera, Karcz’s magical
ability to render his subjects
with a loose discipline
manifests a strong command of
his merging of conceptual idea
with a well-crafted
draftsmanship that shows
within each work.
Inspired by the Czech New Wave
film stills, Karcz
acknowledges each segment of
the subculture he researches
thoroughly like a visual
sociologist. For example,
within his ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Individual expos :
> 2010 dj conta mc conta
groupie, BOK RONDO, Galeria
Promocyjna, Łódź, Poland
> 2009 zabawki dla dorosłych /
przeciwnicy [ Toys for adults
/ Opponents ], with Sylwia
Górak,
> Galeria BB, Wrocław, Poland
> 2009 Beyond the border,
International Contemporary Art
Fair, San Diego, California,
USA
> 2009 FUCKKK KKKAPITALISM,
art-project, ...
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Artist Galleries:
www.born-busse.de
www.galeriakarowa.pl
www.bochenskagallery.pl
http://thelivingroomart.blogspo
t.com/2009/10/rafal-karcz
www.thebluedoor-artgallery.com.
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Rafal Karcz's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Rafal Karcz's Portfolio.
The Iao: Acme Burger Company gallery is proud to present the experimental mixed media watercolors from Polish artist Rafal Karcz. Within his multiple series of small-scale paintings, the artist examines and critiques historical truth, cultural trends particularly among the youth, and battling control/chaos within the medium of watercolors, which he uses to violate traditional assumption about what the craft can do within the viewer’s expectations.
Examples of source imagery which Karcz range from photo still taken from the anarchy/punk movement supposedly from Europe to mug shots taken of the co-directors of Phillips Gallery in downtown Salt Lake City to a still of the kidnapped Hanns-Martin Schleyer by the infamous Baader-Meinhof terrorists. Whether the original source is an appropriated press photographs from the annals of history or possibly personal snapshots from the artist’s own camera, Karcz’s magical ability to render his subjects with a loose discipline manifests a strong command of his merging of conceptual idea with a well-crafted draftsmanship that shows within each work.
Inspired by the Czech New Wave film stills, Karcz acknowledges each segment of the subculture he researches thoroughly like a visual sociologist. For example, within his ... |
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