Wilhelm Sasnal

born 1972

Wilhelm Sasnal, ‘Gaddafi 3’ 2011
Gaddafi 3 2011
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Biography

Wilhelm Sasnal (born December 29, 1972) is a Polish painter, photographer, poster artist, illustrator and filmmaker. Sasnal received his diploma of painting in 1999 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Today, he is considered one of the most prominent and internationally successful Polish contemporary artists.

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Artworks

Wilhelm Sasnal, ‘Gaddafi 3’ 2011

Wilhelm Sasnal Gaddafi 3

2011
On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks T14242
Wilhelm Sasnal, ‘Gaddafi 2’ 2011

Wilhelm Sasnal Gaddafi 2

2011
On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks T14240
Wilhelm Sasnal, ‘Gaddafi 1’ 2011

Wilhelm Sasnal Gaddafi 1

2011
On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks T14241
Wilhelm Sasnal, ‘Untitled (a)’ 2004

Wilhelm Sasnal Untitled (a)

2004
T11915
Wilhelm Sasnal, ‘Untitled (a)’ 2004

Wilhelm Sasnal Untitled (a)

2004
T12130
Pawel Althamer, associated with Wilhelm Sasnal, associated with Monika Sosnowska, associated with Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, associated with Artur Zmijewski, ‘FGF, Warsaw’ 2007

Pawel Althamer, associated with Wilhelm Sasnal, associated with Monika Sosnowska, associated with Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, associated with Artur Zmijewski FGF, Warsaw

2007
T12915

Film and audio
TateShots

Wilhelm Sasnal: 'Artist's have to be active as citizens'

Mass media images, snapshots of friends and banal town views are among the starting points for Sasnal's paintings.

Listen

Wilhelm Sasnal: One Artist, One Piece

Audio recording. Wilhelm Sasnal: One Artist, One Piece talk at Tate Modern

Features

LS Lowry, St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury 1924

Destiny at the dark end of the street: Lowry at Tate Britain II

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Polish painter Wilhelm Sasnal finds the sublime, the symbolic and memories of his childhood in the paintings of L.S ...

Natalia LL Consumer Art 1974 portrait of woman touching her teeth with her finger

The real exchange between east and west: Polish art

Anda Rottenberg , Lukasz Gorczyca , Jaroslaw Suchan and Michael Wolinski

As a year-long season of exhibitions focusing on Polish art begins nationawide, Tate Etc. brings together four Polish art professionals ...

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