In his practice, Piotr Łakomy explores the relationship between the human body, architecture, and the environment. Łakomy uses both organic and industrial materials in his work. He regularly folds panels of aluminum honeycomb—a material used in the aerospace and construction industries—in a way that suggests a natural formation. The artist’s overall interest in architecture relates to the basic forms of shelter. Organic materials such as ostrich eggs often appear in his work, the artist refers to the sphere as a fundamental architectural form and as a shelter for life. Traces of life and death are suggested through the modification of body bags; bags are melted together, while a skeletal frame is left behind by the insertion of bamboo, umbrella, and tent poles, speaking of both the body and the built environment.
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Piotr Łakomy utforsker forholdet mellom skulptur og menneskekroppen, arkitekturen og miljøet. Kunstneren bruker både organiske og industrielle materialer i sine arbeider.Han bretter regelmessig paneler av aluminium honeycomb, et materiale som brukes i romfarts- og byggebransjen – på en måte som antyder en naturlig formasjon
Strutseegg dukker ofte opp i arbeidene hans og kunstneren omtaler sfæren som en grunnleggende arkitektonisk form og som et ly for livet. Spor etter liv og død antydes gjennom å endre “body bags”; poser smeltes sammen, mens det menneskelige skjelett er forlatt og erstattet av bambus, paraplyer og teltstenger som forteller en historie om både kroppen og det bygde miljøet som omgir oss.
Piotr Łakomy Born 1983, Poland, Lives and works in Poznan, PL. Recent solo exhibitions include Półpiętro, Le Creux de l’enfer Contemporary Art Center, Thiers, FR, 2021; Combined Vessels, Stereo, Warsaw, PL, 2021; Vessel, Simian, Copenhagen, DK, 2020; Waiting Room, Koenig 2, Vienna, AT, 2020; Through the Ribs, Frederick Kiesler, Piotr Łakomy, SKALA, Poznań, PL, 2020; Fenix, Avant-Garde Institute, Warsaw, PL, 2019; 3 Inch Giant in Your Bathroom, Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA , Prague, CZ, 2019; One Foot Bone Box, The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2019.
Selected group exhibitions include Who Are We Are Who, Braunsfelder, Cologne, DE, 2021; On Survival, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE, 2021; Harvest the crust from your eyes, Slash, San Francisco, USA, 2020; Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now, Foundation Cartier, Paris, FR, 2019; Orient, Kim Contemporary Art Center, Riga, Latvia, LV, 2018; Half-Truth, Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, Warsaw, PL, 2017; Views Art Prize, Deutsche Bank Foundation Award, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL, 2015; Private Settings, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, PL, 2014.
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