EDGAR LECIEJEWSKI – FERRAGOSTO
2019-08-26Fire is an ambiguous phenomenon. It represents both destruction and renewal. In the Middle Ages, fire was a medium of punishment and purification. It stood as a kind of limbo, marking the boundary between the total bliss of paradise and the eternal damnation of hell. In many cultures, it is worshipped as something divine. In China, it is typical to burn bundles of cash termed “Hell Money” to provide for relatives in the afterlife and to honor the gods.
Something of this magical or transformative power of fire burns in Edgar Leciejewski‘s “Fabric Images.” Here, still life forms, assemblage and portraits move across each other like projected slides. “Fire gives and takes,” Leciejewski points out. “In fire, one sees everything.” The artist uses images of a dozen or so culturally or socially significant contemporary women, hanging their photographs in his studio alongside various decorative materials and wax prints. The images become an homage of sorts to modern heroines, trailblazers, artists or pioneers. We recognize the likes of political theorist and philosopher Hannah Ahrendt, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, Chinese pop star Fan Bingbing, the actress Tilda Swinton, the grand pianist Marthat Argerich and the first transgender model to grace the cover of Vogue Valentina Sampaio. Other women pictured come from the artist’s circle of friends and acquaintances.
Opposite – 03.05.2019 (Welttag der Pressefreiheit), 2019
Exhibition runs through to September 14th, 2019
Contemporary Fine Arts – CFA
Grolmanstrasse 32/33
Charlottenburg
10623 Berlin
