This abstract artwork showcases a vibrant burst of warm hues within a minimalist, monochromatic frame. The central focus is a captivating, blurred sphere of red and orange tones, creating a sense of dynamism and energy. The stark, unfinished concrete-like frame surrounding the image adds an intriguing contrast, highlighting the piece's modern and experimental nature. The artist's use of color, light, and composition evokes a sense of mystery and invites the viewer to contemplate the emotive and atmospheric qualities of the work. ...
Across film, painting, and installation, Kamil Dossar investigates how identity and ideology intersect within visual culture. His work often recontextualizes familiar visual elements, drawing connections between art history, contemporary media, and social codes. By manipulating the symbols and signs embedded in visual culture, Dossar constructs environments where perception and meaning are in constant negotiation. In his practice, Dossar explores the tension between permanence and emptiness, blending the real and the virtual, the historical and the contemporary. His installations frequently incorporate digital imagery, architectural references, and sculptural interventions, transforming familiar spaces into sites of reflection and critique. Through this hybrid approach, he examines the performative and ideological dimensions of everyday life, inviting viewers to reconsider how images shape identity, behavior, and social understanding. His works function as immersive experiences, revealing the mechanisms by which visual culture informs perception while challenging audiences to engage critically with the world around them. ...
Wschód /vshood/ translates to sunrise, new beginning. It also refers to geographical east.
Wschód is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2017 in Warsaw by curator and critic Piotr Drewko. The gallery represents international artists working across a wide spectrum of practices including video, sculpture, installation, painting. Apart from the exhibition program the gallery initiates a wide range of cultural activities – publication, institutional projects, podcasts in collaboration with artists, curators, critics.
In 2018, Wschód initiated a gallery exchange program Friend of a Friend. In 2022 the gallery conceived a time-shared exhibition space ECHO in Cologne. Starting from the Fall of 2023, Wschód has expanded to New York with a yearly curated program of exhibitions and video / film projects. ...
