Back To Nature
Back To Nature
by Monika Malewska
monikamalewska.com
June 8 - 30, 2006
Vernissage: Wednesday, June 14th, 6-9p
chashama 217 Gallery
217 East 42nd Street
New York, NY

by Monika Malewska
monikamalewska.com
June 8 - 30, 2006
Vernissage: Wednesday, June 14th, 6-9p
chashama 217 Gallery
217 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
Artist Statement
"My works employ the conventions of the historical still-life genre in relation to contemporary consumer culture in America. My use of meat, dolls, toys, and corporate icons bridges notions of kitsch and high art by alluding to the theme of Vanitas in seventeenth-century Dutch still-life paintings.
"My works employ the conventions of the historical still-life genre in relation to contemporary consumer culture in America. My use of meat, dolls, toys, and corporate icons bridges notions of kitsch and high art by alluding to the theme of Vanitas in seventeenth-century Dutch still-life paintings.
" Using photographs and, more recently, digitally manipulated prints as a starting point for my paintings and works on paper, I manipulate the representation of objects to deconstruct the aesthetics of commercial ads and the politics of a world constituted by material desire. At first glance, my compositions are seductively colorful and bright. Closer inspection, however, reveals elements of unease and decay. Behind each of these comical and absurd compositions is a layer of dark humor, a commentary on the complex relationship between the politics of the body, commercialism, and cultures of consumption."
"The Little Woodpecker" Type C print 2003 by Monika Malewska
"The Little Woodpecker" Type C print 2003 by Monika Malewska