Dariusz Zielinski - “Own Code” Bronze

Description:
OWN CODE
A rhinoceros built from fragments of the modern world — a clock, keyboard, numbers, symbols and a power button — becomes a symbol of life surrounded by technology, constant movement and time that never stops.

Every detail carries meaning. The clock reminds us that time cannot be stopped. The power button speaks about energy — and about the need to switch off sometimes. The keyboard and numbers evoke a world of rules, systems and routines that constantly try to shape our everyday lives.

And yet, he remains calm, confident and completely himself. As if to say: you can live in this world without letting it program you.

A sculpture full of humour and character, but also with a very contemporary message — each of us should keep our own code.
I was born on 1975. I’ve been engaged in sculpture since 1998. I would call myself a self-taught, though my work has been greatly influenced by an educator and sculptor, Jacek Kozłowski. Meeting him deserves to be called “the moment” of my life.

In my work I attempt at displaying delicacy, fickleness, etherealness, and motion. Hence, perhaps, a number of my sculptures are disproportionably long – as they become apparently light thus, barely reaching the ground. I strive to avoid limiting myself to one manner of shaping the figures. I like experimenting with proportions and seeking for ever different way of deforming the reality.

I think it’s vital for every sculpture to present a story. First, I have a subject and then I find some shape for it. I believe it’s partially connected with the fact that I’m a graduate from the Academy of Special Education.

I co-operate with art galleries in Warsaw, Copenhagen, Bryrup (Denmark) and Arnhem (The Netherlands), Malmo(Sweden).

Foundry: My own workshop
Sculpture is signed with my initials
We include certificate of authenticity with the sculpture.