Misery and Blob. The Work of Adam Kozicki and Bartosz Zaskórski in the Context of Generational Images of Exhaustion
Misery and Blob. The Work of Adam Kozicki and Bartosz Zaskórski in the Context of Generational Images of Exhaustion

Summary/Abstract: Even before 2015, critics were pointing to a conservative turn in Polishcontemporary art. The rising dominance of non-realist efforts, especially inpainting, prompted a shift in reception toward the assessment of new artthrough the prism of the influence of being “tired of reality,” conformismtoward the market, and indifference to socio-political realities. This essayinterrogates the image of young artists entrenched in critical circles –especially the usefulness of the category of “generation,” and the validity ofan ethical opposition between realism and surrealism. Against thisbackground, the text examines the figures of Adam Kozicki and BartoszZaskórski, two artists considered part of the “fatigued generation.” Their “self-portraits in an extended field” and their interest in the transforming bodydirectly relate to the late-capitalist condition, to which they propose an “off-modern” strategy as a potential solution.

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