Fighting for the cross at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw

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SURREALISTIC PAINTING - "Dream caused by Flight of the Tupolev around the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a Second Before Awakening / Portrait of Ordinary Pole - Great Poles series."


The Krasnals. Whielki Krasnal "Dream caused by Flight of the Tupolev around the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a Second Before Awakening / Portrait of Ordinary Pole - Great Poles series." 2010. Oil on canvas. 70 x 50 cm

The soul of the marionette is a wooden cross, with strings attached. Animator, depending on the presentation of the concept may be visible, or the contrary. Marionette is manipulated from platform located above the stage, the animator is often dressed in a black costume. Then on a black background only moving doll can be seen . It is often used during playing obscene, street scenes.
In our times Polish people demand longer and longer and more complex shows. It presents, therefore, like nowhere else in the world, the serial presentations of marionettes lasting for days and nights ...


Salvador Dali "Christ of Saint John of the Cross" 1951. Oil on canvas. 205 cm × 116 cm (fragment)


Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) (Corpus Hypercubus ou Crucifixion) 1954, by Salvador Dali, Oil on canvas 194.5 x 124cm


Salvador Dali "Crucifixion - Christ of Gala"
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The Krasnals participation in "I could live in Africa" MoMA Warsaw and Rotterdam’s Witte de With

The Krasnals participating in the group exhibition:
"I could live in Africa"
Witte de With CCA, Rotterdam
February 20, 2010 - April 25, 2010

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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
July 24 - September 19, 2010
Curated by Michał Wolinski, in collaboration with Nicolaus Schafhausen and Anne-Claire Schmitz

The exhibition offers a compelling image of the Polish art scene of the 1980s as a constellation of collectives and practices that emerged throughout the decade, propelled by the ever stronger grip of the authorities on publishing, recording and information circulation.
All of The Krasnals paintings selected for "I could live in Africa" exhibition were created as the part of the project "Revolutions not for cretins" ( http://revolution-thekrasnals.blogspot.com/ ) and are the youngest art generation tribute to that period of Polish history.

Joanna Mytkowska, the director of Warsaw MoMa speaks about The Krasnals paintings:
"Perhaps the lack of pathos, not emphasizes the uniqueness of the time, but they were able to capture the spirit of freedom and rebellion, which is also part of that history. It is understandable to Western audiences and for the younger generation."


The Krasnals. Whielki Krasnal "Joanna Mytkowska - 'I could live in Africa' – but here in Poland I get more Money, than bananas in Africa. / Monkey with white banana – from the series Animal Planet, Great Poles and Great Dictators." 2010. Oil on canvas. 55 x 46 cm


Whielki Krasnal “Untitled (Group of Monkeys with White Bananas)” . 2004. Oil on canvas. 50 x 50 cm
This painting became the sympol of art market and art corporation criticism.
Auction house Christie’s estimated this piece at 50-70,000 GBP. The work is refering to the painting of Wilhelm Sasnal “Untitled (Group of Monkeys with White Margins)”. The provocation of The Krasnals uncovered the art market mechanisms and ridiculous schematic thinking of art professionals.
Monkeys and bananas are not really so exotic. They function perfectly in all periods of time. Of course both in 80-s as well as today in contemporary art world era.


The Krasnals: Object 1,2,3,4 "Stampede / The world withoud wars". 2008. Oil, spray on canvas. 70 x 100 cm


The Krasnals: Object 1 "But we wanted to fuck a corpse." 2008. Oil on canvas. 54 x 65 cm


Object 2 "Freedom!" 2008. Oil on canvas. 70 x 100 cm


The Krasnals: Object 1 "Long live the ball! / Fight for soft pricks / Mikhail Gorbachev / from the series 'circus on wheels' and 'Great Poles'." 2008. Oil on canvas. 60 x 90 cm


The Krasnals: Object 1,2,3,4 "Fight for soft pricks / from the series' Circus on wheels' / the series' World without wars '." 2008. Art object participating in performance.


The Krasnals: Object 4 "I am a virgin." 2008. Oil on canvas. 60 x 50 cm


The Krasnals: Object 1 "Luncheon meat / 1". 2008. Oil on canvas. 50 x 73 cm


The Krasnals: Object 1 "Lacan's lamella". 2008. Oil on canvas. 116 x 160 cm


The Krasnals: Object 1,2,3,4 "Fight for soft pricks / from the series' Circus on wheels' / the series' World without wars '." 2008. Performance.
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Postcard from Greece

The Krasnals. Sleeping Beauty "Aqualand. Greece 2010". 2010. Acrylics on canvas. 70 x 80 cm


The Krasnals. Krasnal Hałabała "Aqualand. Greece 2010". 2010. Art object

We are on the Greek island of Thassos. Stink, filth, lack of fuel ... three days we can't get out, and Aquaparks is empty ... great!

We have imposed a frame memory of Ciechocinek and Thassos, for example, the square in front of the small hotel Sagapo, where we live. And a frame: a postcard, which we found at the white house in the village of Limenas. There was a impressing Aquapark. Underneath the inscription: "Greetings from Thassos." It made an impression on us. It looked like it was printed in Poland, somewhere in the 80s

Keywords: Greece, crisis, strikes, fuel, Rajkowska, Budny.
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