Konrad Wyrebek

Are there particular motivations behind your use of the colour pink?

It makes me feel excited. I think of my childhood, happiness, summer, fruity flavors and sex…probably outdoors. I don’t see it as either masculine or feminine I simply feel it evokes joy!

What do you associate with the colour pink when you apply it to your practice?

My work comes from distorting figurative images found in medias and published on social networks. I don’t use pink that much, therefore the painting you see in this show is rather special.

I will leave it open to your interpretation but the source material consists of you-porn, a Brexit 2018 update, a flock of flamingos and latest Ms. Angela Merkel’s pantsuit!

Do you agree that in art the shade pink can be used as a tool to subvert and distort its traditional cultural associations?

Yes I definitely agree. Art is like another universe where we freely construct and deconstruct old and new ideas and throw them out there, to see if the world is going to swallow it. More likely just lick it like a strawberry ice cream.