Talk and Discussion:
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 19:00
Marcin Rusak was born in 1987 Warsaw, Poland. He now lives and works in London. Marcin situates his work at the intersection of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. He studies contemporary patterns of consumption, industry methods of manipulation, and the complicated systems we support. In his pursuit of authenticity, Marcin creates work that asks questions, references history and proposes possible future scenarios. Utilising the power of materials, volume and form he moves fluidly from decorative art objects to sculptures, two dimensional work and back again each time with a story as his guide.
Marcin has a background in both humanities (BA from European Studies from University of Warsaw) and art programmes such as Man and Living at the conceptual Eindhoven Design Academy, Netherlands as well as receiving an MA in Design Products from London’s Royal College of Arts.
From his manifesto: “Decaying and ageing materials have an important place in my practice. I develop them from organic ingredients in order to create objects that have en element of life on their own. Through research, craft and utilisation of new technology I try to embrace a complex approach to art in order to re evaluate objects and their significance while celebrating the organic outcome of natural materials and processes.”
In Cooperation with Prof Ineke Hans, KM Maciej Chmara / Design and Social Context.
Flora Coffee Table II © Marcin Rusak
Material Sample © Marcin Rusak
Perma 01 © Marcin Rusak