Olaf Brzeski

Vorraum/Przedsionek

Year of birth: 1975 Field: Sculpture, visual arts City: Berlin

The author of sculptures, installations and videos. He captures his surreal visions on film or converts them into spatial projects, providing them with comments which constitute not only the interpretation of his works but separate fantastic stories behind his art. In this way, Brzeski creates new worlds and brings to life their unusual inhabitants. During his residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, the artist worked on the "Vorraum/Przedsionek" exhibition. A special installation made of perishable materials – such as cardboard and paper-mâché – was created. It was inspired by the theme of unrealised visions and plans. The exhibition was divided into two parts: the first one consisted of masks created by the artist and his five-year son; the second presented an enormous model of a shadow. By his work, Brzeski tried to capture the flexibility of the identity, the search for individualism and suspension between what is real and what is potentially possible.

The opening of the "Vorraum/Przedsionek" exhibition, combined with a presentation of the artist’s residency, took place on 4.12.2015 and it was held in the gallery space of Polish Institute in Berlin.