Zenek's cultural life

The Krasnals "Zenek's cultural life, ordinary Pole / from Great Poles".

I'm Zenek. I'm tollerant

The Krasnls. Whielki Krasnal "I'm Zenek. I'm tollerant. / from Great Poles". 2011. Oil on board.

Zenek - ordinary pole, from "Great Poles"

The Krasnls. Whielki Krasnal "Zenek - ordinary pole / from Great Poles". 2011. Oil, sheet metal.

Funeral of my parents Peter and Paul

The Krasnals. Whielki Krasnal "Funeral of my parents Peter and Paul / from "Great Poles / according to Maurizio Cattelan". 2011. Oil on board. 38 x 60 cm

Szymborska is COOL !!!

Our friday's performance, during Jenny Holzer vernisage, consisted of strewing 10 000 leaflets. On leaflets was a fragment of Wisława Szymborska's poem. Windy weather furthered, so Stary Browar and a park were buried under a "snow" of white sheets.

In this way we went in to a dialog with Holzer, in interaction, by using the same expression - written words. On the other hand we opposed her digital's projections ordianry paper sheets. Inter alia it was about showing, that ordinary means are about 1000 times stronger than very expensive, snobbish projections, based on special effects. Moreover Holzer's action was pedictable, and there was nothing that would distinguish that one from the others. But little sheet was enough. A sheet with a very disgraceful poem. Action of culture jamming once again appears to be stronger.
We don't have any photos of our action because it was about to running fast and didn't making yourself been caught. But who was - knows what we are talking about.
Another problem - Holzer's action had a political meaning which was right and empty. In distinction from artist we didn't choose most popular and known poems of Szymborska. We chose a poem that had been written before she recived a Nobel prize award and which was showing communistic inclinations of Szymborska. We added to the poem a provocative question, which was forcing to giving thought to what were the reasons of giving to Wisława Szymborska Noble prize award: Nobel prize winner? Red communistic pig?

And there came an answer...
On friday we met with Holzer. She was demanding on explenations on subject of leaflets. Artist was shocked when she found out about communistic past of Szymborska. After a long discution she proposed to us to cooperate with her during her next projection, which was made next day on city hall. We decided that addendum of the project will be carried through old town transparent with a sign: Szymborska is COOL !!! with companion of hammer and sickle.

COOL - as all the symbols of commune, for youth generation are COOL, trendy, they awake pleasant, warm and almost sexy - overly emotional feelings. But only when there will come to sexual intercourse with commune, even with a great commitment, there will be no orgasm. The only thing that will be is hangover and disgust.
























All of that the town hall is the most beautiful.

6th Anniversary of John Paul II

The Krasnals. Whielki Krasnal "Pope John Paul II left hand blessing". 2011. Oil on canvas. 55 x 46 cm

The link between good and beautiful stirs fruitful reflection. In a certain sense, beauty is the visible form of the good, just as the good is the metaphysical condition of beauty.
Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to artists.

The Krasnals group take on it's shoulders present cross. It undertakes attempt of uniting two quarelled, for many years, ideologies - church and communists. In cosequence of arised a painting of John Paul II. In their artistic vision The Krasnals are demolishing previous canons and for the first time in history, they lead to that pope is giving blessing by using his left hand. This is clear obeisance to people with communistic beliefs. Painting is maintenaced in a very amicable, peaceful atmosphere, full of pleasure, downright of hedonistic content. In this way The Krasnals hava a hope, that communists will accept John Paul II who is blessing by his left hand.


















The Krasnals "Advertisement of a agreement cross made of styrofoam". 2011. Photography. Limited edition I 1/10

ATTENTION! SPECIAL OFFER!!!

Styrofoam cross for everybody.

The Krasnals company is presenting new product. In it's offer now appears a sculpture - cross. Product is referred as well as to supporters and opponents. Due to high quality and nanotechnology it allows owner as well as honoring or profanation it. The Krasnals are heading with this offer to those who fight for cross. Now everyone may have its own cross in home. It prevents fights between people. You can do whatever you want with the cross unitl you do it in your home. Size and colour will be adjusted to customers preferences.

Girl on the cross is not avalible. She is just an element of arrangement presented by The Krasnals.

Attention!!!
Every single cross is one and only work of contemporary art. We add a certificate of authenticity.

Man of Modeling Clay

The Krasnals. Whielki Krasnal "Man of Modeling Clay" / Andrzej Wajda from "Great Poles". 2011. Oil on canvas. Excerpt of a big painting.

GENERAL Anda Rottenberg: Piece of art doesn't arise with intention to offend somebody. It shows the problem.

The Krasnals / painter from Krupówki “General Anda Rottenberg” / from “The Great Poles”. 2011. Oil on board. 70 x 60 cm

"People say that in area of visual arts she has stolen the biggest amount of money."

It is also told that in present tenses for some formations The Order of the White Eagle and Red star are identity.

"Piece of art doesn't arise with intention to offend somebody. It shows problem."
Anda Rottenberg

Keywords: The Order of the White Eagle, Wojciech Jaruzelski, General, Anda Rottenberg, Bronisław Komorowski

150 Monkeys

The Krasnals
150 Monkeys
18.03.2011 - 29.03.2011
Art Agenda Nova, Cracow
























'All this LPRs actions – it's a creeping censorship! - - increasingly the gallerists and curators debates with themselfs: to exhibit some artist or not to exhibit...'
Łukasz Guzek


Attention!
Before you see this exhibition, read carefully this text or get yourself a banana.

Fifty serigraphs, one hundred and fifty monkeys, one group, ten, hundreds, millions, and maybe even miliards of members. It must be The Krasnals' display.

- Mummy, look! Sasnal repainted the painting by Whielki Krasnal!
- No, darling it's...wait, I couldn't tell you who was first – Whielki Krasnal or Sasnal?

This is only an assumptive conversation which maybe some day will come, if Krasnals are showed at so called „showroom”. But certainly not impossible because recently I heard childs question: Who was first: Sasnal or Krasnal? My answer suprised me, I said immediately: Whielki Krasnal and who?
Of course, the first was Sasnal. After all The Krasnals made a big time basing on his works. They emerged at the best moment when curators and critics became so arrogant to promote such man as Wilhelm Sasnal. Opponents of The Krasnals impute to them that they catch to well-known artists and because of that they become famous. By the way, it is not on which all conteporary art bases refering all the time to somebody? Sasnal himself was saying that he couldn't make anything from his imagination, he is only repainting existing paintings.
Whielki Krasnal is doing the same. He takes not his painting and repaits it. Moreover, it always better than the original. It is the same with „Untitled (Group of Monkeys with White Bananas)”. Tjis painting is the response to Sasnal's „Monkeys with white margin”. For the joke prepared by The Krasnals fell even the auction house Christie's pricing this painting for sevety thousand pounds. They cancelled the price only then they realized that Whielki Krasnal (because that signature was on the painting) is not Wilhelm Sasnal. Do The Krasnals make anything new? No. At bottom they're making a travesty.
Through their activity The Krasnals are trying to discover how art world looks like. They're jeering all this artists who are giving themselfs to curators' hands but loudly announcing their independendence. This how it is until they finish up at directors' and get schedule for years. How it looks like you can see at Whielki Krasnals painting „Dreams' Factory”.
It's The Krasnals who are trying to answer the question where is the place for artist. The best depiction of the hierarchy in the art world is the pyramid of animals. On the painting there are three monkeys. At the bottom, the biggest monkey is the artist, than there is the curator (smaller one), topmost there is the critic. After the biggest and the strongest always stands someone smaller but more clever. Someone who will tell which way choose.
The main, and the only one character of this exhibition which is „Untitled (Group of Monkeys with White Bananas)” is also very meaningful. He shows clearly that contemporary artist is like monkey. He will scream blue murder announcing his freedom and predominance but at the end he will follow the one with the bananas.

John Galliano anti-Semitism scandal

The Krasnals. Whielki Krasnal "John Galliano". 2011. Oil on cardboard. 49 x 42 cm
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Galliano faced his accusers at a local Paris police station Monday, a couple who claim he made anti-Semitic slurs - illegal in France - after a video emerged of the famed creator praising Adolf Hitler.
Natalie Portman 'shocked' by John Galliano's anti-Semitic slurs.
The Jewish Oscar winner who was chosen as the face of Miss Dior Cherie fragrance says she will not be associated with Galliano in any way.
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