12 paintings – Bąkowski/ Fruczek, part II 4 is another joint exhibition of Łukasz Fruczek and Piotr Bąkowski. You can watch it in Olivia Star. This time, the Tri-City artists present 6 works each, which are mainly inspired by the urban and industrial fabric of the city.
– Each of us tries to capture the moments, processes, places and atmosphere that interests us and to capture them in the image, interpreting them in our own, more or less literal way. – says Łukasz Fruczek.
You can see the exhibition until July 2 in the lobby of Olivia Star!
LUKASZ FRUCZEK
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts, majoring in Painting in the studios of prof. Henryk Cześnik and prof. Hugo Lasecki. He defended his diploma in painting with distinction in the studio of prof. Hugo Lasecki in 2001. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He lives and works in Sopot.
Łukasz Fruczek’s paintings are characterized by an interesting style. They are geometric, textured, often monochromatic, with a single-colored, strong accent. Fruczek bites into the structure of the paint and reactivates such archaic concepts as “stain” or “structure”. It is the painting of the matter of our times. As the basis for most of his works, Fruczek uses fragments of grey paper, old newspapers, yellowed sheets of sheet music. However, the artist chooses individual motifs and adapts them to the character of the work as a whole.
PIOTR BĄKOWSKI
A graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He defended his diploma (painting) with honours in 2001 in the studio of prof. Hugo Lasecki; annex (drawing) – in the AD studio. II degree Maria Targońska. Specializations: printmaking, screen printing, wall painting. Bąkowski uses a repertoire of means typical of the city’s art: graffiti, stencils, sprays and stickers. His canvases are visual collages of elements that we can observe every day while walking down the street, especially when it runs through a block of flats. The second element used in Bąkowski’s collages is a set typical of street advertising: fonts, silhouettes and slogans present on billboards, signboards and neon signs.
