SUROWIEC ŁUKASZ (b. 1985), Pre-war wooden floor cubes from the premises of Oskar Schindler's former factory, 2015

epoxy resin, ed. 62/100, 2015, 9.5 x 9.5 x 8.5 cm, signed lower edge

Pre-war wooden floor cube from the premises of Oskar Schindler's former factory. The object was designed by Lukasz Surowiec as part of the author's project related to the method of work organization proposed by Schindler. The material, cobblestones, comes from the hall of the former factory, which, by making work possible and providing employment, saved Jews from extermination. The artist thinks of the cube as an island, he tried to design the object, to sink it in resin, as an artifact related to the issue of work and memory.

In his objects and artistic interventions, Surowiec addresses
historical and political issues, penetrates and explores current social relations
society. Important projects implemented by the artist, relating
relating to social relations include Waiting Room (2013),
The Tear Purchase (2014), The Level. A project dealing with history and
Polish-German relations was also Berlin- Birkenau. The aim of his
artistic interventions is to put into practice initiatives and
strategies that respond to socio-artistic issues.
His work takes the form of a method to enable
cognition of public reality, with a focus on
marginalized individuals.

ŁUKASZ SUROWIEC is an interdisciplinary artist: sculptor, performer, filmmaker
videos and author of social actions. He graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow,
also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and the Universität der Künste in Berlin. W
his objects and artistic interventions, Surowiec penetrates and explores current social relations,
he also addresses historical and political issues. The artist rejects classical categories or
classifications in favor of intermedial works that explore the human condition in contemporary
socioeconomic conditions. In his works, he tries to draw attention to
marginalized social groups and their problems, including the historical past,
seemingly buried already in the past. In his works, he also explores issues related to
memory. His work takes the form of a method to explore public
reality, with attention to marginalized individuals. In his
art he addresses current social issues, also going beyond the walls of official
art institutions. He is a recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and a winner of the
of the prestigious Spojrzenia (2017) competition for young artists. Major exhibitions include:
7th Berlin Biennale (2012), Dziady, Bunkier Sztuki (2013), What can be seen - Polish art today, MSN,
Warsaw (2014), Entering the Port, Emigration Museum, Gdynia (2016), Late Polishness, CCA Zamek
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2017).