BOWNIK

Name: BOWNIK
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SKU: 9783775752503
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BOWNIK presents a compelling collection of Pawel Bownik's monumental photographs, captured using a large-format analogue camera. Inspired by classic still lifes, genre painting, and 1940s American cinema, the book explores the theme of artificiality in photography. Bownik meticulously dissects and reconstructs his subjects—like flowers and traditional costumes—to reveal their material essence and socio-historical contexts, inviting readers to reconsider conventional modes of representation.
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Format: Hardback

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This book will appeal to enthusiasts of fine art photography, students of visual culture, and readers interested in the intersection of history, art, and photographic technique.

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In his monumental photographs, taken with a large-format analogue camera, Pawel Bownik examines "artificiality" in photography. Drawing inspiration from the classic iconography of historical still lifes, genre painting as well as the aesthetics of 1940s American cinema, he questions historical norms of representation.

Carefully dissecting the elementary components of his subjects, his work is driven by his attention to minutiae. Flowers are disassembled, only to be surgically reconstructed—without hiding their artificiality. Alternatively, he challenges the historical narratives symbolized by traditional costumes: turning them inside-out invokes the possibility of a different reading. In their reversed state, the intricate embroideries not only reveal their materiality but also speak of their socio-historical context.

Undercoat encompasses Bownik's work from the past decade, informed by the artist's awareness of the underlying patterns that give form to our surroundings and how we perceive them.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775752503

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 June 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 140 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Roma Sendyka
Edited by Magdalena Ziólkowska
Text by Michal Ksiazek
Text by Andrew Berardini
Text by Zoska Papuzanka
Text by Magdalena Ziólkowska
Designed by Honza Zamojski
Text by Ernst van Alphen
Text by Soren Gauger

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 780g

Pages: 248

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Warsaw-based artist PAWEL BOWNIK (*1977) studied philosophy and sociology in Lublin, as well as photography and multimedia at the Poznan Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been exhibited in numerous group shows in Poland, i.a. in the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2014). Recent solo exhibitions include Bownik: Colours of Lost Time at BWA Warsaw (2019), and the presentation of his Reverse and Disassembly series at Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam (2017).