Crank, Smack, Steady Go! Woodcuts by Roman Klonek

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The exhibition shows works from different creative periods of Roman and provides an overview of the extraordinary artistic level of his woodcuts. The exhibition will focus on works that highlight the unique narrative qualities in Roman's art.

This is particularly evident in Yoshi Taxi Toshi, a central work of the exhibition: the print produced in 2022 conceals many small scenes in its surreally fragmented yet compact composition, each of which offers a potential point of access to the work. In these scenes, Roman lays out little tracks and invites the viewer to follow one or another. Along these tracks, the scenes eventually flow harmoniously into one another and condense into increasingly complex narratives.
 
The same applies to the creative components in Roman's works. Much arises from another element, flows into something else regardless of a fundamental difference, has no beginning and no end. Thereby, Roman's pictorial elements also become aesthetically representative of his fragmented and yet continuously flowing narratives, which emerge from ever new combinations when viewed. In his works, Roman invites us to continue forming his fragmented narrative components in our minds and to condense them into our own storielines.