Marcin Dudek
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| Born | 1979 Kraków, Poland |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Education | Mozarteum University Salzburg (BA) Central Saint Martins (MA) |
| Known for | I_stallation art, performance art, painting, sculpture |
Notable work | The Cathedral of Human Labor |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
Marcin Dudek (born 1979 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish visual artist whose work blends autobiographical elements with a more broad reflection on various themes, such as the DIY economy, the rituals of football subcultures, and crowd psychology. Often working with found, salvaged or repurposed materials, Dudek constructs objects, installations, painting and performance, touching upon questions of power and aggression in the context of sport and cultural spectacle.
Biography
Marcin Dudek was born in 1979 in Kraków, Poland. As a teenager, he was part of the fan culture surrounding the KS Cracovia football club, an experience which led him to very intense situations, from joyful celebrations to brawls and riots. With the help of his older sister, he left Poland at the age of 21, to study at the Mozarteum University of Art in Salzburg, Austria. He completed his BA there in 2005 in Graphic and Textile Design, then went on to earn his MA in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London in 2007.
Since then, he has built an artistic practice which reflects on this unconventional path, from the council estates of Wola Duchaka [pl] to his studio in Brussels. Dudek's work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions over the past decade, at institutions throughout Europe, North America, and East Asia. His installation The Cathedral of Human Labor[1] (2013) is on permanent view at the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium. In recent years, Marcin Dudek has had solo museum exhibitions at Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp, BE),[2] The IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art (Eupen, BE),[3] and the Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U(Dortmund, DE).[4] Dudek has participated in a number of residencies, notably the ReSilence project hosted by S+T+ARTS, an initiative from the European Commission.[5]
Marcin Dudek is represented by Harlan Levey Projects (Brussels, BE),[6] Edel Assanti Gallery (London, UK),[7] LETO Gallery (Warsaw, PL),[8] and Yeo Workshop (Singapore, SG).[9] Dudek lives and works in between Kraków and Brussels.
Themes
Crowd Psychology
Dudek draws on his own experience as well as historical events and scientific research to reflect on the psychology of crowds, especially at athletic events.[10] His large-scale textile installation The Group[11] (2021) combines over 250 jackets, gathered at thrift stores throughout Eastern Europe, into a reproduction of a bomber jacket, which is large enough that visitors can enter. The bomber jacket is a reference to the style that members of the KS Cracovia fans adopted as a uniform, a black bomber jacket with bright orange lining that was turned inside out to signal for a fight. With this work, Dudek evokes the contrast between the violence associated with the construction of group identity, and the safety and shelter that an individual can find in the very same community.
NEOPLAN[12] (2023) is an installation created from the shell of an abandoned FC Dinamo București tour bus, which Dudek discovered and acquired while in residency at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) in Bucharest.[13] The bus was cut apart, then reconstructed inside of the exhibition space, in a twisted rendition of the original vehicle that visitors can walk through.[14] Some of the seats are occupied by televisions playing archival footage of travelers to and from away games in 1990s Poland, and the roof of the bus is made from second-hand tracksuits, hoodies, and jerseys. The work refers to the journey of a group from one place to another, and the bond that forms inside of this closed space.
In his performances, Marcin Dudek touches on crowd psychology, borrowing from the rituals of ultras at football matches to test the reactions of his audience.[15] Dudek uses pyrotechnics such as his signature orange flare, punches through walls, or shaves his head. What is normalized in a crowd event becomes uncomfortable and sometimes frightening out of its usual context; Dudek explores this tension, often altering his collages and installations during his performances (staining them with smoke grenades or setting them on fire).
Memory
As a great deal of his works are inspired by the events of his own life, Marcin Dudek has developed a reflection on the place of memory, describing some of his installations as "memory boxes".
Head in the Sand[16] (2015–2023) is a project using installation, performance, and collage to revisit Marcin Dudek's teenage bedroom. The installation, which has been shown three times so far (LETO Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2015; Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium, 2022; IKOB Museum, Eupen, Belgium, 2023), is a 1:1 replica of the room, using some of its original features such as a door, window, and windowsill. Dudek has used collage to combine this space with excerpts from Wielcy Malarze ("Great Painters") magazine, which was the foundation of his art education. As a teenager, he would engage in stadium culture during the day, and copy paintings from the magazine in the privacy of his bedroom at night. When he performs with this room, Dudek uses a blue flare, as a reference to Edward Krasiński. The work reflects on his self-construction against all odds, finding a path to the arts amidst the chaos of his upbringing.
Zakład[17] (2023) is another 1:1 replica of a space from Dudek's past: his sister Anna Dudek Gajewska's hair salon. This salon was created in the basement of their family's council estate, which became occupied by tenants for different activities after the dissolution of the Polish People's Republic in 1989 and the ensuing confusion over property laws. Though the salon is still running, Marcin Dudek was able to collect elements of the space by renovating it little by little. Zakład contains part of the original walls, the mirrors, furniture, hair dryers, magazines, and even years of hair, cut from the clients of the salon and gathered inside of transparent partitions surrounding the installation. The work speaks of the bodies that passed through the salon over the years, engaging in this DIY economy, with a specific focus on his sister's labor.
Exhibitions
Dudek has participated in many solo and group exhibitions internationally, including:
2025
→Flipery, Café Cobra, Kraków, PL (solo)
→The Ground Harbours the Soul, OOF Gallery, London, UK (solo)
→ReSilence: Future Soundscapes & Affect Mining in Urban Ecosystems, BASE Milano, Milan, IT (group)
→11ème Triennale d'Art Contemporain, SPOTT, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BE (group)
→Systems on Paper, Edel Assanti, London, UK (group)
→Holding (Space), YEO Workshop, Singapore, SG (group)
→Zamek na Piasku, Centrum Sztuki Galeria EL, Elblag, PL (group)
→Zamek na Piasku, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Kronika, Bytom, PL (group)
→Electric Green Parakeets (a Celebration of Migration), Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE
2024
→EKIPA, Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, curated by Christina Danick, Dortmund, DE (solo)
→Gniazdo/Nest, LETO Gallery, Warsaw, PL (solo) Ortigia Contemporanea Festival, curated by Eleonora Angiolini and Domenico de Chirico, Isola di Ortigia, Siracusa, IT (group)
2023
→Game Time Choices, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, SG (solo)
→Akumulatory, IKOB Museum, Eupen, BE (solo)
→NEOPLAN, Edel Assanti, London, UK (solo)
→The Group, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, BE (solo)
→Sport Games, Mazovian Centre of Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL (group)
→Espectro, Galeria Bienal de Cerveira, Cerveira, PT (group)
→Stayin' alive, BPS 22, Charleroi, BE (group)
2022
→Rite of Passage, Edel Assanti, London, UK (solo)
→Trans Hooligans, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
→The Art of Terrace Culture, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK (group)
→Biennial of Painting, organized by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Museum Deinze and the Lys Region and Museum Roger Raveel, Museum Deinze and the Lys Region, Deinze, BE (group)
→Colapso, curated by Yosi Negrín and Paula Ramos Mollá, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, ES (group)
2021
→Slash & Burn II, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE (solo)
→Ultraskraina, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, FR (solo)
→Publiek Park, curated by Young Friends of S.M.A.K., Citadelpark Ghent, BE (group)
→DOPPELGÄNGER, organized by Openart.Today, Entreprendre & KANAL - Centre Pompidou, Brussels, BE (group)
2020
→Slash & Burn I, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE (solo)
→Trans Hooligans, curated by Sebastian Gawlowski, LETO Gallery, Warsaw, PL (solo)
→Psychic Wounds: On Art & Trauma, curated by Gavin Delahunty, The Warehouse Dallas, Dallas, US (group)
2019
→Akumulator, Edel Assanti, London, UK (solo)
→The Lure of the Arena, MNAC National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest, Bucharest, RO (solo)
→The Crowd Man, MWW Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, curated by Piotr Lisowski, Wroclaw, PL (solo)
2018
→Giochi Senza Frontiere, Manifesta 12 - Collateral events, Palermo, IT (solo)
→Sovereign Heads, curated by Przemyslaw Strozek, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, SG (solo)
→Szczurołap, MWW Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, PL (group)
→BioPix, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, US (group)
2017
→Steps and Marches, Chapter 1, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE (solo)
→Steps and Marches, Chapter 2, Edel Assanti, London, UK (solo)
→Przesilnia, curated by Marta Lisok, BWA Katowice, Katowice, PL (group)
→Swag & Threat, curated by Łukasz Białkowski and Piotr Sikora, TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin, PL (group)
2015
→Saved by an Unseen Crack, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE (solo)
→Head in the Sand, curated by Sebastian Gawlowski, LETO Gallery, Warsaw, PL (solo)
→We Stumbled as we Clambered, Edel Assanti, London, UK (solo)
→HUFF Studio, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, SG (solo)
→No Matter How, Round and Square, Sala Projeto Fidalga, São Paulo, BR (group)
→Revers de Trompe, curated by Siegfried Zaworka, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AT (group)
2013
→Too Close For Comfort, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE (solo)
→Land of Space and Optimism, curated by Simon Delobel, Galerie Marion de Cannière, Antwerp, BE (solo)
→Punch to the Sky, Edel Assanti, London, UK (solo)
→Park + Ride, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE (group)
2012
→Exico Vol.2, Stade Hall, Old Town, Hastings, UK (solo)
→Now&After12, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU (group)
2011
→Exico, 16th Biennial of Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, PT (group)
2009
→15th Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, PT (group)
2008
→Visions in the Nunnery, curated by Tessa Garland, Cinzia Cremona and Darshana Vora, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK (group)
2007
→Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire, Espace Uhoda, Liège, BE (group)
2005
→Blick A Blick B, curated by Tanja Widmann and Johannes Porsch, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT (group)
References
- ↑ "Cathedral of Human Labour - Marcin Dudek". marcin-dudek.com.
- ↑ "Discover Marcin Dudek's exhibition the Group | Kunsthal Extra City".
- ↑ "IKOB | Marcin Dudek".
- ↑ "MO_Schaufenster #37: Marcin Dudek. EKIPA". 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "ReSilence – S+T+ARTS".
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek".
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek".
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek | Leto Gallery".
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek - Biography".
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek: The Crowd Man". 19 June 2019.
- ↑ "Slash & Burn II - Marcin Dudek". marcin-dudek.com.
- ↑ "NEOPLAN - Marcin Dudek". marcin-dudek.com.
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek". October 2023.
- ↑ Frankel, Eddy. "Marcin Dudek: 'Neoplan' at Edel Assanti review". Time Out London.
- ↑ "From Communism to Capitalism: Poland's Transition Told Through the Lens of Football". 12 July 2021.
- ↑ "Head in the Sand - Marcin Dudek". marcin-dudek.com.
- ↑ "Marcin Dudek | 19 September - 26 November 2023". Harlan Levey Projects.
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