Tomasz Kręcicki, XXL
17.05-20.06.2020, Tomasz Kręcicki, XXL, 12 Rozwadowska St., curator: Wojciech Szymanski
The exhibition “XXL” is the second exhibition of Tomasz Kręcicki’s works under this title. It had its premiere last September at the BWA in Tarnow. At the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola – the institution co-producing “XXL” – the exhibition was scheduled to open in July this year. However, the situation has changed, making the Stalowa Wola version of the exhibition significantly different from the Tarnów one. This is not just about the different context in which the second installment of the exhibition takes place. This is because the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola has gathered paintings, only some of which were previously shown in Tarnów. However, the theme and subject matter of Tomasz Kręcicki’s paintings have not changed fundamentally. “XXL” is therefore an exhibition about size, both literally and figuratively understood, and focuses on the characteristic motifs of the artist’s work and the problems and issues he continues to work through, the most important of which are: scale, realism, wit, masculinity, as well as the aesthetics of American road movies, Ed Ruscha’s paintings and shoegaze music.
The exhibition is accompanied by the first – published by the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola and BWA in Tarnow – monograph of the artist, tautologically titled “The Book.” It contains essays interpreting Tomasz Kręcicki’s work, statements about his painting by artists befriending him, as well as a short story by Lukasz Zawada.
Tomasz Kręcicki was born in 1990 in Zary. He is originally from Kielce. In 2015 he graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 2014-2015 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, and in 2018 he was an artist-in-residence at MeetFactory in Prague, as well as at LIA Spinnerei in Leipzig. In 2016, together with Karolina Jablonska and Cyril Polaczek, he founded the art collective and gallery “Potency.” They edit and jointly publish the artzine “Łałok”.
The artist won third prize at the 42nd Bielska Jesień Painting Biennale in 2015. In 2017 he was awarded the main prize of the Grey House Grey House Foundation in Krakow. He lives and works in Krakow.
Curator: Wojciech Szymanski
Exhibition co-organized with BWA in Tarnów.
Visual identification of the exhibition and the design and composition of the catalog: Agata Biskup
Coordination on the part of the Museum: Magdalena Koltunowicz
Gallery of Painting of Alfons Karpinski, 12 Rozwadowska St.
Opening hours:
Mon, Tues, Wed: 10.00-14.00;
Thurs.: 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm;
Fri.: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m;
Sunday: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
