Tomasz Kowalski
Psy-Trans
January 15 - February 18
Opening Reception; Saturday, January 15th, 6 - 9pm
(Jefferson Street Location)
15 Orient is delighted to announce the opening of "Psy-Trans"; Tomasz Kowalski's first solo exhibition at the gallery.
O pewnej porze urzędnicy wychodzą z biur. Opustoszałe budynki opadają jakby uszło z nich powietrze. Teraz stają się ścieżkami o fałszywej perspektywie. Ty też jesteś urzędnikiem. Twoje biuro znajduje się w budynku po którym stąpasz. Doszedłeś już do zwężenia iglicy, która wygląda jak ta z budynku Chryslera. Ten kształt przypomina Ci wielki odwrócony lej lub ustnik instrumentu dętego. Podejdź do ustnika, otwórz usta i dmij. Usłysz wydobywające się dźwięki, które wypełniają wnętrza, dmij mocniej, wpuść do wnętrz sal konferencyjnych, korytarzy, gabinetów i szybów wind swój oddech. Napełnij go powietrzem. Biurowiec znów stoi, możesz wejść do środka i wrócić do pracy.
At a certain time the city workers come out of their offices, the vacant buildings implode as if the air has been let out of them. Now they form paths of fake perspective. You also work in the city. Your office is in the very building you’re stamping over. You've just arrived at the narrowing of the spire, which looks like the Chrysler building one. This shape reminds you of a huge inverted funnel, or a mouthpiece from a wind instrument. Open your lips and blow, listen to the sounds coming out which fill the spaces, blow harder, let your breath spread into the conference halls and corridors, meeting rooms and elevator shafts. Fill them with air. The building rises up again. You can go in now and get back to work.
Tomasz Kowalski (b.1984, Szczebrzeszyn) lives and works between Warsaw and Antwerp. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at institutions including: the Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw) and the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis. His work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions at venues including: Kunsthalle Wien, de Appel Art Centre, MUMOK, Centre Pompidou, MOMA Warsaw, and SMAK Ghent. Most recently, Kowalski exhibited a selection of drawings and paintings at the 2021 Baltic Triennial. His works are held in the public collections of Centre Pompidou, MUMOK, MOCAK, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Francois Pinault, Boros. He is the winner of the Guerlain Foundation Drawing Award 2014. He runs Alicja, a music label releasing various artists and his own music and audio-plays.
