Einstein claimed that imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, while imagination knows no boundaries. The same is true of the work of Dobiesław Gała, the Krakow artist and assistant profesor who conquered the world art market in the discipline of contemporary sculpture in less than five years.

The reliefs he successfully creates are sophisticated hybrids of drawing and sculpture, the realization of artistic ideas about phenomena occurring both in the material external world and in the most personal one, which individually takes place in human consciousness. Both are subject to constant change and destruction. It is on the one hand the effect of conscious human action and on the other - time.

What does the Artist want to communicate to the contemporary viewer? Well, a lot. Both through the subject matter and the unusual form of representation itself. Dobiesław Gała is able to skillfully show these phenomena by giving them the form of a multidimensional, seemingly frozen relief that strikes with a blaze of colors. Each centimeter of the performance constitutes a separate space in which subsequent processes take place.

The works of Dobiesław Gała presented in Venice have a deep ecological message and are a response to the processes taking place in the world and in human consciousness. They warn against the effects of destructive human activity and using a perfectly developed form, the effect of which is a well-thought-out visual composition, they communicate the scale of environmental degradation, which, due to irresponsible human activity, is slowly turning into frozen structures.

Zone 79, Disrupted Fluidity, Poles of Inaccessibility, Structures of Information, Epicentres, Circles of Time and Events, Landing Sites, Rivers of Information, Disappearing Traces of Events, Dark Side of the Moon, Frozen Steel Rivers are the titles of works that will be presented at the exhibition in Venice. They are also artistic interpretations of processes and phenomena, shrouded in mystery and in many cases functioning in the social imagination as a myth.

Despite such a catastrophic vision, Dobiesław Gała introduces an element of hope that results from the enormous power of nature's regeneration, so this process can not only be reversed but also stopped at a certain stage. Hence the intensity of the green blue colour (pigment) and its reinforcement with light, as well as the use of other artistic methods (light illumination of fragments of works), aimed at enhancing the effect of depth in which subsequent structures are revealed.

He achieves this by using the right mix of media. Dobiesław Gała gave his thoughts the costume of a relief, a seemingly frozen sculptural form that comes to life in a different way each time, endlessly building new worlds that each recipient can freely interpret. Only the imagination reaches them.

Exhibitions of Dobiesław Gała's works are spectacular events that have a profound impact on the world of culture and art.

Dobiesław Gała is an artist who has gained great recognition among art connoisseurs and critics. His work has supporters all over the world.Venice, which as the capital of art and film, will host world-famous artists at this time. We can include Dobiesław Gała in this group, whose phenomenal work is successfully conquering the Polish and European art market.

 

The venue for the Dobiesław Gała exhibition is the prestigious Art Gallery in the center of Venice at Campo Rialto Novo, run by the Marta Czok Foundation. This gallery presents exhibitions of selected artists whose work has a significant impact on the development of artistic disciplines. Among the invited guests was Dobiesław Gała (1975), a sculptor and assistant professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. At his solo exhibition entitled "Only Imagination Got There" he will present 17 reliefs (contemporary sculpture).

These will include: Zone 79, Disrupted Fluidity, Poles of Inaccessibility, Information Structures, Epicentres, Circles of Time and Events, Landing Sites, Rivers of Information, Disappearing Traces of Events, The Dark Side of the Moon, Frozen Steel Rivers and others. The event will be complemented by a video art presentation of animated works by Dobiesław Gała, made by Jakub Hader using the latest technologies. The exhibition is held under the patronage of the Malopolska Region and is realised thanks to Patron Oknoplast.

The exhibition can be visited from 1 September to 31 October 2024.

 

Dobiesław Gała (1975), PhD, assistant professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and vice-dean at the Faculty of Sculpture, which has recently spectacularly conquered the world art market. It is not without reason that his work is considered by art critics to be a new beginning in Polish art.

Dobiesław Gała was distinguished by the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, where he collaborated with the world-famous sculptor, Prof. Tim Scott. Dobiesław Gała's talent was appreciated by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, awarding him creative scholarships. In September 2023, he was honored with the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture for his entire achievements.

Dobiesław Gała has many prestigious awards from national and international bodies to his credit. He is, among others, laureate and winner of the Grand Prix of the 10th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Orły "Wprost" 2024. Dobiesław Gała's work is very well rated and appreciated in the world.

In Italy, renowned curators and art critics, including Dr. Francesco Saveiro Russo and Dr. Sandro Serradifalco, were delighted with Dobiesław Gała's work, awarding him the Phoenix Prize in April 2024 for his entire artistic output, the stylistic content of his works, and the media introduced by Dobiesław Gała, which influence the innovative form of his works and, at the same time, the development of the discipline of sculpture. In June 2024, Dobiesław Gała was awarded the International Artistic Career Award 2024, awarded by the Constanza Foundation in Florence, and in July 2024, the International Artistic Prize awarded by the Effetto Arte Foundation for innovative artistic creation, the influence on the development of the discipline of sculpture, and the protection and correctness of cultural activities that include environmental activities.

Dobiesław Gała is an ambitious artist. He has presented his works at over 100 individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. The last three years have definitely been his.

Individual exhibitions, in renowned galleries and museums in Italy, including Treviso, Como and Lugano in Switzerland, are proof of the huge interest in his innovative work among connoisseurs of world art. The latest foreign editions of Dobiesław Gała's work include: the International Art Fair in Rome (September 2023), the International Art Fair in Padua (November 2023), an individual exhibition at the prestigious Espace 22 Art Gallery in Monaco (April - May 2024), where his innovative art has gained great recognition. The artist is currently preparing for another individual exhibition, which will take place in September 2024 in Venice. The Venice Biennale of Art, during which he will present his works, is undoubtedly the largest artistic event in Europe. They are attended by artists with outstanding creative achievements and the participants are connoisseurs and art lovers. It is all the more pleasing that Dobiesław Gała, who will present his latest relief works, has joined this distinguished group at the invitation of the organizers.

The work of Dobiesław Gała has a special influence on the development of the discipline of sculpture. Even today, it is a source of inspiration for world-famous musicians, composers and designers . It is not without reason that his innovative art is appreciated in his native Krakow. It was a beautiful illustration of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Arena Krakow, becoming a permanent, timeless symbol of the birthday.

Dobiesław Gała's works can be found in private collections, museums and galleries in Poland and abroad, such as the USA, China, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, France and Germany.​

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From Dobiesław Gała:

The exhibition I am presenting is a very important event in my creative path and an extraordinary personal experience. I am glad that its place has become Venice, a city of art, culture and a special sensitivity to art.
I prepared for it intensively and carefully. I will present 17 large-format compositions, including 10 premieres, which I created especially for this Venice show. These will be reliefs, a type of contemporary sculpture, which will represent different cycles. I will show new experimental structures of diverse and non-obvious form. I will only reveal that they are filled with various subtleties that can only be seen from a close distance. That is why it was extremely important for me to choose a place that would allow me to create the right “environment” for observing these cosmomodernist compositions. This was the Marta Czok Foundation Gallery, located in the heart of Venice, perfectly designed and equipped with the necessary media.
The Gallery space gave me the opportunity to compose an original show that ideologically complements my exhibition. I will only say that it is a kind of fantastic spectacle thanks to the animations used. This is the result of a collaboration with Jakub Hader, who used modern technologies to bring selected fragments of individual works to life in digital space. In this way, the framed places of individual works were magically dispersed in a surreal abyss.
During the show we will find some of them and we will look closely at “flying” very low above their surface, so I take everyone who wants to experience it in an unusual way on this fantastic journey. In my works, I would like to draw attention to the important topic of ecology and the effects of the inevitable impact of time on phenomena that occur both in nature and in ourselves. Here, I give the viewer the opportunity to interpret, inviting them to a common dialogue.
My exhibition also coincides with the most important event in the field of visual arts, which is the Venice Biennale. At that time, this amazing city on the water becomes a kind of epicenter of art, being a time of extraordinary inspirations and experiences, so I am glad that I will be a part of these events.
I would like to thank everyone involved in this event, especially my wonderful family - my wife Katarzyna , children Stefania and Adaś and parents, the patron of the exhibition Oknoplast, the Małopolska Voivodeship, the media, friends who support my work and are always present during the openings, and the curators: Jacek Ludwig Scarso (Marta Czok Gallery Foundation) and Barbara Woźniak.
The exhibition can be visited from September 1 to October 31, 2024. I cordially invite you!

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