Maciej KOZŁOWSKI (b. 1976), Narcosis, 2004

UV acrylic, canvas; 170 x 170 cm;
Author's description on the back: Maciej Kozlowski Narkoza / UV 170 x 170.
Inscribed and reproduced:
"Arteon. Magazine on Art" no. 7 (63)/2005, cover and il. p. 23; Antoni Michalak, Contribution to the discussion - how to create a regional collection "Signs of the times"?, Toruń 2006, il. p. 20; Image of Life. Polish Painting from 1946 to Today, [exhibition catalog] Museum of the Origins of the Polish State, ed. D. Stryniak, Gniezno 2007, il. p. 68; Pakoska Collection. Polish Art, (compiled by) Anna Kroplewska-Gajewska, exhibition catalog of the District Museum in Toruń 26 April - 1 September 2013, Toruń 2013, p. 155.

Graduate of the Faculty of Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. Winner of the Grand Prix of the competition "Image of the Year 2003" organized by the monthly magazine Art&Business. Co-author and co-publisher of the zine Glizda.
His works were presented at exhibitions such as: Journeys, Nowa Gazownia, Poznań (2017); Totentanz, Arsenal City Gallery, Poznań (2015); Employees, Szyperska Gallery, Poznań (2014); Perky Pat, Gym Gallery, Poznań (2012); 10-0, Farbiarnia Gallery on Piękna Street, Warsaw (2010); Piekary Gallery, Poznań (2007), Karowa Gallery, Warsaw (2008). He participated in many group exhibitions, the more important of which were, among others. Supermarket of Arts III, DAP Gallery, Warsaw (2002); Bielska Jesień Biennale, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała (2003); Generation Pi, Szyperska Gallery, Poznań (2004); People and Animals, Stary Browar Gallery, Poznań (2004); Deceptive Expectations, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany (2005); Gentlemens story club, CK Zamek, Poznań (2005); Changing the Wart, Stary Browar Gallery, Poznań (2005); New tendencies in Polish painting, BWA Gallery, Bydgoszcz (2006).
"Kozlowski's work cannot be denied an ironic, somewhat bitter message. His seemingly simple works are not devoid of deeper iconography and a second bottom. The artist's paintings bring to mind pop art. This association is triggered by strongly contrasted color patches. Such execution makes the subject matter he undertakes more meaningful. Kozlowski is an observer who portrays the violence and absurdity of modern times in combining plastic consumption with horrifying cruelty and reckoning."
(Source: kulturapoznan.pl, among others)