Rafal Bujnowski (born 1974 in Wadowice, lives and works in Cracow) is one of the most radical and intelligent contemporary painters. His works are a brilliant blend of two seemingly remote artistic disciplines—
painting and
conceptual art. The theme of the Bujnowski's successive projects—paintings,
videos, objects or actions—are the conventions linked to the social functioning of the artist and the works of art, as well as the conventions present in the art itself. Rafal's paintings are an example of fully aware conceptual painting—his objects, disclosing and changing meaning depending on the surrounding in which they are placed, are peculiar models of an artwork. They reveal a tension between the process of artistic production and consumption. At the same time, the unquestionable and outstanding visual talent of the artist causes his works to be treated as “self-sufficient works”—very good paintings, to put it simply.
