Oskar Dawicki: The Last Polish Artist

Gambia Castle is pleased to introduce the practice of Oskar Dawicki (b. 1971), presenting a suite of works ranging over ten years, carefully selected with the artist for this occasion.

Considered by some the most unusual and original artist working out of Poland today and too easily misunderstood by others as an, albeit hilariously self-effacing, prankster, Dawicki’s work is at once critically responsive to the conditions of its production and darkly existential.

Beginning with an education in painting and drawing and growing rapidly through a prodigious number of early experiments with performance and explorations in new media (often as it was becoming obsolete), Dawicki’s practice now encompasses these alongside sculpture, film and installation.

The sum total reveals a sustained concern for the universal (including the animal and the plant worlds) cut across by the deeply personal and willfully autobiographical.

Recent exhibitions include: 'Manifesta 7 -The European Biennial of Contemporary Art,' Trento 2009, '3xYes - Recent acquisitions to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art,' Warsaw 2010 and forthcoming: 'Early Years,' Kunst Werke, Berlin 2010.