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Stereo is pleased to announce its participation in the Paris Internationale (20-24 Oct 2021) with the presentation of the latest works by Wojciech Bąkowski (b.1979) and Cezary Poniatowski (b.1987).
In a series of charcoal drawings on sandpapered cardboard, Bąkowski explores the topic of lucid dreaming. Oneiric representations emerge from the grainy surface of the drawing, resembling night visions where elements of the outside visible world and fantasies and memories overlap. Upholstered reliefs by Poniatowski depict anthropomorphic forms trapped in rectangular composition. Creating objects inspired by poor domestic design the artist plays with the convention by revealing strings of upholstery staples, rings of a wooden substrate, the accumulation of minor defects.
Both artists, despite working in different mediums and aesthetics, similarly combine in their work everyday elements with imagined worlds.

Wojciech Bąkowski
The Moon, a Star, and an Overhead Light - © Paris Internationale
Wojciech Bąkowski
The Moon, a Star, and an Overhead Light, 2020

charcoal on cardboard, oak frame, 38 x 50 cm

Cathedral in the Legs - © Paris Internationale
Wojciech Bąkowski
Cathedral in the Legs, 2021

charcoal on cardboard, oak frame, 35 x 70 cm

Flying in Lucid Dream - © Paris Internationale
Wojciech Bąkowski
Flying in Lucid Dream, 2020

charcoal on cardboard, oak frame, 32 x 26 cm

Polydactyly - © Paris Internationale
Wojciech Bąkowski
Polydactyly, 2020

charcoal on cardboard, oak frame, 30 x 49 cm

A Memory - © Paris Internationale
Wojciech Bąkowski
A Memory, 2020

charcoal on cardboard, oak frame, 50 x 60 cm

Wojciech Bąkowski
b. 1979, lives and works in Warsaw. Works in animation, sound installation, sculpture,
and drawing. He is well-known as a solo musician and as a member of the bands KOT and Niwea. Recent solo exhibitions include Stereo, Warsaw (2021, 2018); Art Basel / Feature, (2019); SVIT, Prague; Bureau, New York (2016). Bakowski’s work has been included in numerous biennials and museum exhibitions including The Generational Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York; Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia; XII Baltic Triennial, Lithuania; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; National Art Museum of China, Beijing. His animation films have also been included in film festivals in New York, Toronto, Vienna, Ann Arbor, Wroclaw, and have been presented at Anthology Film Archives, New York.
In 2015 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany. His work is held in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź; and CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.

Cezary Poniatowski
Guards of a Deserted Scene - © Paris Internationale
Cezary Poniatowski
Guards of a Deserted Scene, 2021

pleather, upholstery foam, plywood, staples,
screws, anti-noise earmuffs, mosquito net, medicine balls, binoculars, 130 x 112 x 30 cm

Reverse Prophecies - © Paris Internationale
Cezary Poniatowski
Reverse Prophecies, 2021

pleather, upholstery foam, plywood, staples, screws,
anti-noise earmuffs, wood, medicine ball, 128 x 115 x 25 cm

Aether - © Paris Internationale
Cezary Poniatowski
Aether, 2020

pleather, upholstery foam,
staples, blockboard,
ventilator
41 x 37 x 15 cm

Phantom Pleasures - © Paris Internationale
Cezary Poniatowski
Phantom Pleasures, 2020

pleather, upholstery foam,
staples, twigs, blockboard
64 x 52 x 9 cm

Burrow - © Paris Internationale
Cezary Poniatowski
Burrow, 2020

pleather, upholstery foam,
staples, twigs, blockboard,
wood
126 x 104 x 29 cm

Cezary Poniatowski
b. 1987, lives and works in Warsaw. In 2012 Poniatowski graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where he received his MFA. His recent solo shows include: Basilica di San Celso, Milan (2021); FUTURA - Center for Contemporary Art, Prague (2021); Stereo, Warsaw (2020, 2018); Jan Kaps, Cologne (2020). His recent group shows include: Metabolic Rift, Atonal Festival, Kraftwerk, Berlin (2021); The Spirit of Nature and Other Fairy Tales. 20 years of The ING Polish Art Foundation, Silesian Museum, Katowice (2019); Nosztrómo, Ashes/Ashes, New York (2019); Waiting for Another Coming, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2018); Doors of Paradise, Union Pacific, London (2018); Friend of a Friend in Berlin, ChertLüdde, Berlin (2018). Poniatowski is currently at the residency stay in Milan at Fonderia Battaglia working on a new bronze cast sculpture.

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