In 1962, Picelj initiated a series of his self-published “Edition a” art booklets, having released a total of seven publications up until 1964. Each issue of “Edition a” featured the work of one artist —mostly of a colleague whose work he admired.
In 1962, Picelj initiated a series of his self-published “Edition a” art booklets, having released a total of seven publications up until 1964. Each issue of “Edition a” featured the work of one artist —mostly of a colleague whose work he admired.
2025
mixed media, aluminium
400 x 200 x 300 cm
Estimate: €80,000–100,000
Universale is a project developed since 2015 in which Krzysztof Renes examines the relationship between two- and three-dimensional forms and their meaning in the context of culture and human perception. The artist works with simple, flat materials, such as paper, copper, or aluminium, which, through minimal interventions (for example, bending), transition into spatial forms.
Renes seeks liminal states between materiality and immateriality – the moment in which an object becomes merely a record, an idea, or a sign. In collaboration with Dr. Jakub Sitek from the Warsaw University of Technology, he created a sculpture in graphene – a two-dimensional material one atom thick. Works from the Universale series refer to primal, simple, universal depictions of the human figure. The reduction of form is not the final effect here, but the starting point in a process of searching for spatial qualities in flat materials.
Krzysztof Renes (b. 1984) is a Polish artist belonging to the third generation of a family of sculptors and craftsmen. He graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and sociology at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University. Creator of the series Universale and Penetrations of Space, he develops his own techniques and employs contemporary industrial solutions, confronting them with the traditional language of sculpture. His works operate on the threshold between figuration and abstraction, tradition and modernity, culture and nature. In his practice, he explores two-dimensional space in sculpture.
He was awarded first prize in the Home category at the Art in Architecture festival in 2022 and first prize for the sculpture Cyclist at the International Sports and Art Competition in 2012. In 2016, he was included in Aesthetica Art Prize’s list of the 100 most interesting contemporary artists, Future Now. Renes is the author of numerous large-scale public artworks in Poland. One of his most distinguished realizations is located in the Dune House Villa, a private residence designed by Przemysław Olczyk of Mobius Architekci, which received the “Oscar of architecture.”
He collaborates with the sports and business sectors, creating prizes and trophies for elite events. His sculptures are held in Polish and international private collections. In 2025, the group Universale 4000×5 was part of one of Europe’s largest contemporary art exhibitions – NordArt in Germany.
