Bownik
type: CreativeWork
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310217884
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127061
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320128415
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129833
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Photography, Artistic
abstract: "In his monumental photographs, taken with a large-format analogue camera, Pawel Bownik examines 'artificiality' in photography. Drawing inspiration from the classic iconography of historical still lifes, genre painting as well as the aesthetics of 1940s American cinema, he questions historical norms of representation. Carefully dissecting the elementary components of his subjects, his work is driven by his attention to minutiae. Flowers are disassembled, only to be surgically reconstructed - without hiding their artificiality. Alternatively, he challenges the historical narratives symbolized by traditional costumes: Turning them inside-out invokes the possibility of a different reading: In their reversed state, the intricate embroideries not only reveal their materiality, but also speak of their socio-historical context. Undercoat encompasses Bownik's work from the past decade, informed by the artist's awareness of the underlying patterns that give form to our surroundings and how we perceive them."-- Provided by publisher.
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311217885
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311217886
editor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310165421
language: eng
subject of: Statement
  additional type: lang
  text: Text in English; translated from the original Polish.
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301323688

PropertyValue
property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 323688