I cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition
„"Miracle, Honey, Ultramarine" is a monographic survey of Cyryl Zakrzewski's recent works. Each of the sculptural forms presented in the exhibition is made of wood and symbolically marked with plastic, a human imprint on the natural raw material. Just as civilization does in nature, elements of synthetic ultramarine permeate the structure of natural wood.
The exhibition's title, "The Miracle of Honey Ultramarine," suggests a symbolic shift. For centuries, ultramarine was a pigment reserved for the sacred, synonymous with divinity and humility. As a mineral pigment, it was originally obtained from the precious stone lapis lazuli, which Venetian merchants began importing to Europe in the 14th century. In the early 19th century, the possibility of synthetically producing ultramarine was discovered, and it has become one of the most popular coloring agents today.
The exhibition is a dialogue between old craftsmanship and a contemporary approach to design, which is reflected in the seven functional sculptures presented.
The official opening of the exhibition will take place on November 16 at 6:00 p.m.
We organize curatorial tours after prior email contact (info@nowymodel.org).
The exhibition was realized as part of a creative scholarship from the budget of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Cyryl Zakrzewski – born 1986, a graduate of the Faculty of Sculpture and Spatial Actions at the University of Arts in Poznań. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has created permanent installations in public spaces, including in his hometown of Poznań (Adam Mickiewicz University Botanical Garden, Strzeszyn "Visual Park," and abroad in Tokyo – Fukudenkai and Ptuj, Slovenia). He has received awards and distinctions for his artistic achievements, including a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. He is a member of the NÓW. Nowe Rzemiosło association. He has participated in exhibitions in Poland and abroad, both in art galleries and at design fairs (including the Milan Furniture Fair, ICFF New York).
We are honored to announce the success of Cyryl Zakrzewski in the Great Charity Auction TOP CHARITY 2023❗
Projects – Nexus lamp and Dune chair were auctioned for 100,000 PLN! Congratulations! 👏👏👏
As the designer himself writes: EN: „It is an amazing experience to be part of #topcharity2023, I feel honored and happy that my work could contribute to its great success. Thank you @omenaartfoundation and everyone involved in this fantastic event and for the wonderful positive energy!” ENG: „It was an amazing experience to be a part of the #topcharity2023 and I feel honored and happy my works could contribute to its magnificient success. Thank You @omenaartfoundation and all involved in this fantastic event for great positive energy boost!”
The Great Charity Auction 2023 ended with great excitement, successes, records and huge amounts of money.
Over PLN 28,000,000🤩 managed to collect during the Great Charity Auction #topcharity2023, organized by Omena Mensah and Rafał Brzoska and Corporate Connections.
The auctioned amount will be donated to education and psychological support for children in Polish orphanages, street children in Ghana, and children in Ukraine. 30% will support the Philanthropic Consortium's projects 💕
Polish sculptor and designer Cyryl Zakrzewski conquering the world's Salons with his bionic furniture. His latest collection premiering in Milan, "the Continuum", proves that even a piece of trash can turn into treasure.
The 60th anniversary edition of Salone del Mobile.Milana, the largest furniture and intertior design fair is coming back to its original formula in its heated fight for the pole position in setting the world's trends. The fair, originally planned for last year, due to pandemie disturbances has been postponed to take place at the beginning of June under a telltale slogan of a new beginning,
As every year, there are thousands of exhibitors and those waiting for their work
and none of them argue with the statement that our planet is undergoing a crisis caused by the economic overexploitation. The words ecology, conscious design, responsibility and the future of the planet have long since left research laboratories and discussion panels, and the awareness of excess and exploitation affects modern production, not just marketing.
Plastic is fantastic.
The remedy for some contemporary problems turns out to be the same thing that contributes to our impending doom - plastic.
From a scorned, despised materiał, plastic turns into a decorative alternative to the apocalypse of civilization, and at the same time allows you to break routine and boredom.
Sounds incredible?
The "Continuum" collection, utilizing plastics for the first time and gaining praise at the Salone del Mobile is the proof of that. During previous fairs, Cyryl Zakrzewski drew the attention of critics and even the daily media, who noted his phenomenal "Dune" in their reports. "Dune" - a chair, or rather an organie sculpture with the function of a seat, in it's name and form alludes to sand dunes, but also refers to a much wider, iconic landscape. The reference to the famous science fiction prose defines the futuristic perspective that the young sculptor from Poznań sets with his designs. His piece is made of natural birch plywood, hand-finished, soaked with natural oil, is like a soft-shaped sculpture, although it also perfectly fulfills its function - a seat, a modern-day throne. lt is both a piece of interior design and a symbol of status and luxury of the person who sits on it, but also, not less importantly, an object that perfectly functions in a gallery environment. Cyryl Zakrzewski's designs have been called 'bionic design' - their form referring to nature in the micro and macro scale, as well as skilful use of the latest technology, enabling the perfect reproduction of the illusion of natural shape. However, only recently, after beginning his cooperation with Boomplastik, there has been a breakthrough in his design.Thanks to a broader, mare conscious view of aur civilization's self-destruction, these furniture designs become an excellent, original and eloquent response to the present day.
The innovative "Dune" chair has found a worthy continuation in the latest collection of furniture presented in Milan.
Bath "Nexus" and "Noise", which make up the "Continuum" collection, are the result of Cyryl Zakrzewski's fascination with nature, but also a visible testimony of his knowledge and, most importantly, application, of the latest technological achievements. Technological support and long-term cooperation with the NowyModel Foundation are also important here, this partnership allowed Cyril Zakrzewski to obtain unexpected creative possibilities. The poured, multicolored, recycled plastic allows him to create surfaces with any pattern -this time his choice of motif was influenced by computer algorithmic records, be it particie vibrations or sound waves. The original selection of a fragment from the computer record is arbitrary, but there's no denying that it's visually attractive. Surprising, puzzling and sometimes delightful. Surprisingly "natural" in its plastic artificiality.
You could say that it is a showy, nice superficial effect, but it ceases to be banał when we notice the precision with which it was chosen, and - thanks to the power of creation - metaphorically turned from waste to gold.
A piece of garbage, properly processed, gains a decorative function, and although it is a rather expensive process at the moment, it opens up unlimited possibilities for materiał and aesthetic exploitation in the future. Bath "Noise" and "Nexus", despite their simple, traditional shapes, are both decorative and modern. The plastic plates used are durable, comfortable and decorated with a graphic or relief pattern. This contemporary ornament has been hand-poured, like in the process of drawing, and the surface has been manually modelled, akin to a sculpture. Then, in a suitable new technology based on pressing and melting, the powder was turned into a hard and durable furniture board.
Is it ecological?
I don't know, but the technology allows us to give a second, attractive life to a piece of garbage. The rest depends on the creativity of the creator. The rest depends on the creator's creativity. Admittedly, there's no miraculous transformation, 100% reuse, or biodegradation. But thanks to the designer's idea, plastic waste is transformed into a visually sublime and exclusive object. And most importantly, the process is halted. „"littering." And while the ecological context may not be significant in assessing the aesthetic value of furniture, it remains a valuable added value to the intriguing, futuristic shapes of Cyryl Zakrzewski's furniture.
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