Konrad Jakubowski
Liveness 2020 (Archive)
(Un) Equilibrium’’ refers to Jeff Koon’s ‘’One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank’’. Exploring an alternative perspective to Koon’s, especially toxic masculinity, and social hierarchies. The title also refers to the book Ecological Thought by Timothy Morton. Foremost the idea of stress, and denial as counterproductive agents particularly in strategic improvements of political action, and individual well-being.
Ecology in the past decade has been an increasingly urgent topic. ‘‘Ecological Thinking / Orientation’’ project addresses a consumptions society from a post-apocalyptic viewpoint. Working with a multidisciplinary approach to art making. Utilising abstract, and literal symbolism, in installation, sculpture and assemblage.
Wood, sand, Heinz Cans of Beans, Plastic, Neon Lamp, Mirrors, ‘’Knot Know-How’’ book,
This painting is a part of a larger series of works on paper and canvas. The collection poses a holistic, counter proposition to the confines of classical categorization of abstract and realist imagery. Exploring the processes of painting; gesture, proportion and colour as a method of creation of fields, sculptures, landscapes, and maps.