Untitled
4 lightboxes, 50 x 170 x 6 cm, 2010
Futuristic, apocalyptic and exotic visions of the territory of the former shipyards in Gdansk. Through this othering the shipyards are transferred to another and perhaps better reality. Dreams combine with the very real mechanics and strategies of the global economy, which turn those dreams into rubble, destroying the environment, workplaces and social ties.
Artist's Bio:
Grzegorz Klaman (1959) is a critical artist, art teacher and leader of the independent art movement in Gdansk. He pioneered context-related activities, public art, and activism in Poland by establishing independent structures for the production and presentation of contemporary art. Klaman’s work reveals his experience with actions in public spaces and his theoretical interest in the now and in the future. This interest specifically revolves around problems to do with authority, technology, medicine and the human body as an object of manipulation.