Wojciech FANGOR (1922-2015), Cow by Fangor, 2005

Life-size spatial form with author's signature design,
polychrome epoxy resin, paints based on synthetic glue;
H 144, W 235 cm.

One of the most outstanding artists
of Polish postwar art exploring, among other things, the issues of
space in painting, its complementation and illusion.
Author of characteristic canvases classified as art
op-art, highly valued by collectors, compositions
manipulating the viewing process of the viewer of his paintings.
A breakthrough in the work of Wojciech Fangor was the year 1958. then.
It was then, together with Stanisław Zamecznik, that he created the first
spatial installation presented in the living room of the New Culture
in Warsaw. In the artist's work, an important element was also
graphic sign. As a designer of posters, mosaics and wall decorations,
combined these components in numerous realizations in public space
public space such as the famous poster for the Festival of Youth
and Students Festival, a mosaic decorating the Warsaw-Śródmieście railway station,
Kucie Kos mural currently located in the Warsaw Museum building,
or the contemporary design of the wall decoration of the second
Warsaw subway line, in which signs, letters are a key
element. In 2005, an art action took place in Warsaw's
CowParade. The organization of parades of life-size animals
was initiated in 1998 and by 2005 multicolored
cows were hosted in New York, Chicago, London, Manchester,
Prague and Johannesburg. The Warsaw edition was attended by, in addition to
Wojciech Fangor, such artists as Andrzej Pągowski, Leszek
Szurkowski, Kora Jackowska, Laura Pawela, Twożywo Group,
Łódź Kaliska, Edward Dwurnik, Zbigniew M. Dowgiałło.