Psychogaleria Chaos Faza 3 1988-1989. Cadio Rebel 1984-1989. Długie Lata Osiemdziesiąte, Underground, Fantom
Chaos Faza 3 Psychogallery 1988-1989. Cadio Rebel 1984-1989. The Long 1980s, Underground, Phantom

Summary/Abstract: Psychogallery Chaos Faza 3 was functioning in Łodz for only 8 months, from June 1988 to January 1989. Its ephemeral character was closely linked with the kind of art performed by the creators of the site: fleeting, situational, and underground. A challenging and confrontational attitude, both in the aesthetic and political aspect, positioned the main figures involved in the Chaos Faza 3, Sławomir Kosmynka (a.k.a. “Cadio Rebel”) and Ewa Bloom Kwiatkowska, on the margins of the artistic and cultural life of the 1980s. At the same time that was the margin that broke the discursive frames of that period. The themes of fascism, violence, and anarchy, which were explicitly present in the creativity of the Chaos Faza 3 circle, transgressed the veins of the academism, the neo-avantgarde that was just gaining its institutional status in those days, and the so-called church art. Despite their expressive capacity, artworks by Kosmynka and Bloom Kwiatkowska were not contained in neoexpressionism, while their provocative features did not locate them close toward neo-dadaism, nor surrealism. The article describes the actions and attitudes of the artists associated with the Chaos Faza 3 gallery in the light of their own manifestos. The aim is to expose the specificity, originality, and subversiveness of their works in the context of the phenomena of the 1980s culture. The crucial categories in this undertaking are the long 1980s, underground, and phantom.

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