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Artur Zmijewski is one of the most important radical figures on the Polish art scene. His work reflects concern for the socio-political problems of our contemporary times, examining the mechanisms of power and oppression within the existing social order - as well as conflicts of various types that border on violence - and highlighting the relationship between extreme emotions and their physical expressions, including the impact on memory and collective trauma, without ever losing interest in the classic theme of sculpture: the representation of the human body.
A special mention deserves the theme of fear, central to human life and too often conveyed as a system of social control, and to which the title of the project explicitly refers, a tribute to the 1974 film of the same name by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The monographic volume presents a wide selection of historical, recent and unpublished works by the artist, and includes texts by Diego Sileo, Juli Carson, Galit Eilat, Adam Mazur and Adam Szymczyk.

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Artur Zmijewski is one of the most important radical figures on the Polish art scene. His work reflects concern for the socio-political problems of our contemporary times, examining the mechanisms of power and oppression within the existing social order - as well as conflicts of various types that border on violence - and highlighting the relationship between extreme emotions and their physical expressions, including the impact on memory and collective trauma, without ever losing interest in the classic theme of sculpture: the representation of the human body.
A special mention deserves the theme of fear, central to human life and too often conveyed as a system of social control, and to which the title of the project explicitly refers, a tribute to the 1974 film of the same name by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The monographic volume presents a wide selection of historical, recent and unpublished works by the artist, and includes texts by Diego Sileo, Juli Carson, Galit Eilat, Adam Mazur and Adam Szymczyk.

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