Filip Markiewicz - Hatje Cantz

A minimalist two-page spread from an art publication. The left page features the title INSTANT COMEDY in bold black text, with details for the exhibition at Konschthal Esch in 2022. The right page contains a curatorial text by Christian Mosar about the artist Filip Markiewicz and the exhibition's concept.

A two-page spread from an art book by Filip Markiewicz titled Instant Comedy. The left page shows two surreal digital artworks with blue and purple backgrounds. The right page features two photographs of a modern art gallery installation, including a screen and a neon sign on a concrete beam that reads The world is a stage but the play is badly cast.

An art catalog page showing two oil paintings by Filip Markiewicz. On the left is an extreme close-up of a woman's green eye with purple and pink eyeshadow. On the right is a full portrait titled Laura Palmer, 2022, showing a smiling blonde woman with a tiara in her updo, wearing a white strapless dress against a blue background.

A page from a catalog for artist Filip Markiewicz, displaying three artworks. On the left is a full-page photo of a polished bronze sculpture named Infinity. The abstract figure is in a running pose, combining fluid, rounded shapes with sharp, polyhedral forms. On the right, two colorful surrealist paintings hang on a gallery wall. One, named Fail Better, shows an abstract biomorphic form. The other, The poem is liquid, is a vibrant portrait of a person looking up, surrounded by geometric and liquid shapes.

A two-page spread from an art publication for the piece INSTANT COMEDY by RAFTSIDE. On the left are two video stills of a colorful, multifaceted digital bust with a spiky crown and glowing glasses. On the right, the video is shown playing on a screen set into an oval-shaped recess in a white gallery wall.

A two-page spread from an art book by Filip Markiewicz. The left page shows an art gallery installation view, featuring a large framed pencil drawing of a fox and a video animation. The right page shows an oil painting of a man in a green jacket with a mohawk and sunglasses, with pink graffiti spelling VOLK behind him. He wears a button that reads We Are The People.

A two-page spread from an art book titled Instant Comedy by Filip Markiewicz. On the left, an oil painting from 2019 titled Impeach shows the Joker with the word IMPEACH spray-painted in orange above him. On the right, a framed pencil drawing from 2022, How do you sleep?, depicts a colorful, abstract metallic sculpture and a human eye.

A two-page spread titled Euro Hamlet, featuring four photographs of an avant-garde stage production. The images show performers in futuristic white costumes on a minimalist stage with scaffolding and large video screens projecting faces. The lighting is dramatic, with bold reds and blues, and one photo captures the performers as silhouettes against a bright white background.

A two-page spread from an art catalog by Filip Markiewicz. The left page shows four colorful stills from a 3D animated film titled Ultrasocial Pop, depicting abstract digital scenes. The right page shows a gallery installation with three paintings on a white wall; the central piece is a large, surreal portrait of a figure with a mechanical mouth, flanked by two smaller artworks.

An art book spread titled ULTRASOCIAL POP. The left page shows a colorful pop art painting of a young Leonardo DiCaprio and a woman against an abstract background. The right page displays a polished, golden abstract bronze sculpture with both curved and geometric forms, resting on a wooden pedestal.

A musician wearing headphones and glasses performs with a guitar and electronic equipment on a dark stage. Behind them, a large screen displays a colorful, glitchy background with two images of a chrome-like cyborg and large white text that reads I HAVE TO WAKE UP, STOP THINKING AND MAKE LOVE WITH MY SOCIAL NETWORKS... I MAKE LOVE WITH THE POLITICAL SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE.

Filip Markiewicz

Ultrasocial Pop

€ 34.00

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By (artist): Filip Markiewicz

Edited by: Konschthal Esch

December 2022, 160 Pages, 140 Photos

Paperback

167mm x 239mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5461-3

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| Pop Culture and the Synthesis of the Arts

Filip Markiewicz sees the Ultrasocial Pop project as a total work of art in which music, theater and fine arts penetrate and overlap each other. The ensemble of works produced for the various exhibition locations is organized in the form of a visual essay, which in its non-linear form is based on the continuous changes occurring in social media news feeds.

FILIP MARKIEWICZ (*1980, Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg) is a visual artist who works with various media, such as painting, drawing, video and installation. Under the name RAFTSIDE, he has also been active as a composer for film and theater since 1999. In 2015 Markiewicz represented Luxembourg at the 56th Venice Biennale.

EXHIBITION
Konschthal Esch
February 26, 2022 - May 22, 2022