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Damned Youth, 2011
Linocut on card stock, 250 gsm
Dimensions: Paper size 50 x 70 cm/Image size 35 x 50 cm
Edition of 50 prints, signed and numbered by the artist
£495 [ Members £445.50]

Whitechapel Gallery limited editions can be purchased by email, phone and online.For assistance with your order please contact Johanna Melvin on 020 7522 7882 or the Information Desk on 020 7522 7888, mailorder@whitechapelgallery.org 

The paintings of Wilhelm Sasnal chronicle the complex experience of life today. Mixing art historical references with images taken from the internet, their subject matter knows no limits: from icons of popular culture such as Roy Orbison to much admired paintings of the past such as Georges Seurat’s Bathers at Asnières (1884); from the lonesome cowboys in a Steven Spielberg film to the shocking photographs of Mexican photographer, Enrique Metinides.

Using found images as starting points for most of his paintings, Wilhelm Sasnal’s stylistic vocabulary is a broad as his subject matter. It ranges from early pop-inspired works and comic-style black-and-white paintings reflecting on the troubled history of his native Poland to painterly representations of current events. In a visual culture flooded by photographic images, Sasnal’s work attests to the continuous spellbinding power of painting.

The limited edition print Damned Youth, 2011 was produced by Sasnal exclusively for the Whitechapel Gallery.  A word play on the fleetingness of youth, the titles also alludes to the experience of looking back on twenty years of working as a painter.

Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972 in Tarnów, Poland) studied architecture at the Krakow University of Technology (1992-1994) and painting at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts (1994-1999). He currently lives and works in Krakow, Poland.

Sasnal has exhibited widely in Europe and America, including solo shows at the Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland (2010), Rochester Art Center, Rochester (MN), USA (2010),  the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Málaga, Spain (2009), Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K21, Düsseldorf, Germany (2009),  Zacheta Narodowa Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland (2007), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven , Netherlands (2006), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (2006), Camden Arts Centre, London, England (2004), Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland (2003). 

This work can be purchased with Own Art, which allows you to spread the cost of your purchase over 10 months, completely interest free. To make your purchase with Own Art or for more information, please telephone the gallery on 020 7522 7888.