Wilhelm Sasnal

born 1972

In Tate Modern

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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

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Wilhelm Sasnal Gaddafi 1

2011

On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks
Pawel Althamer, associated with Wilhelm Sasnal, associated with Monika Sosnowska, associated with Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, associated with Artur Zmijewski FGF, Warsaw

2007
Wilhelm Sasnal Gaddafi 2

2011

On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks
Wilhelm Sasnal Untitled (a)

2004
Wilhelm Sasnal Untitled (a)

2004
Wilhelm Sasnal Gaddafi 3

2011

On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks

Film and audio

TateShots

Wilhelm Sasnal: 'Artists 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

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

Wilhelm Sasnal

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