Michał Budny
born 1976 in Leszno, Poland
lives and works in Warsaw, Poland and Prague, Czech Republic
read inGerman
Michał Budny’s works generate new possibilities of perception, fleeting moments of lucency, and fluid processes of sensation. They can take the form of flat pictures or spatial installations and are able to incorporate changes in light and shadow. His masterful handling of cardboard, scissors, and acrylic, which initially produced objects of seemingly minimalist perfection, has since been replaced by an experimentation with and a questioning of sculpture and its consistency. He uses deliberately poor materials – like cardboard, transparent foil, and tape – that are predisposed to transience and external forces. Budny’s objects precisely and methodically resemble halfway-finished constructions. In all their poetry and fragility, they bring their own development – their potentials and their contingency in space and time – to the fore. Michał Budny participated in 2007 in the Fellbach Triennial of Small-Scale Sculpture in Fellbach, Germany, as well as the Manifesta 7 in Trentino, Italy, in 2008. He has had solo exhibitions at the South London Gallery, London, UK (2010); the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (2011); Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany (2011); the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania (2012); the Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany (2015) and Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland (2020/2021). His works can be found in such collections as the Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany; Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland; Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico; FNAC, Paris, France; and Vehbi Koç Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey.
Selected Works
Michał Budny
Untitled, 2020
black rubber, waterproof plywood
11 parts, total 51 x 451 x 13 cm (20 x 177 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled, 2021
black rubber, waterproof plywood
2 parts, total 160 x 160 x 20,5 cm (63 x 63 x 8 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled (from painted notes), 2020
acrylic on paper, white lacquered frame with glass pane
164 x 134 x 5,5 cm (64 1/2 x 52 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled (from painted notes), 2020
acrylic on paper, white lacquered frame with glass pane
164 x 134 x 5,5 cm (64 1/2 x 52 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled, 2021
black rubber, waterproof plywood
2 parts, total 200 x 100 x 100 cm (78 3/4 x 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Michał Budny
Under the Cover, 2018
black painted carbon steel
210 x 210 x 140 cm (83 x 83 x 55 in.)
Michał Budny
8, 2017
carbon steel, rust
225 x 100 x 100 cm (89 x 39 x 39 in.)
Michał Budny
Full Tension, 2019
wood, rubber, cotton fabric, black paint, metal
2 parts, each 160 x 24,5 x 17,4 cm, metal base 1 x 90 x 90 cm, total 321 x 24,5 x 17,4 cm (126 x 10 1/2 x 7 in.)
Michał Budny
Entry I, 2017
carbon steel, thread
43 x 102 x 102 cm (17 x 40 x 40 in.)
Michał Budny
No. 59 (after Henryk Stażewski No.59, 1973), 2018
hardboard, gesso, varnish
4 elements: each 24 x 24 x 24 cm (9 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.), 1 element: 24 x 60 x 60 cm ( 9 1/2 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.), metal pedestal 90 x 70 x 70 cm (35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled, 2013
foil, adhesive tape, blanket, wood, metal
200 x 140 x 24 cm (78 3/4 x 55 x 9 1/2 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled, 2012
cardboard, paper, foil, white lacquered frame with glass panel
105,6 x 137,2 x 5 cm (41 1/2 x 54 x 2 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled (From a collection of drawn notes), n. d.
chalk on paper
4 parts, total 42,5 x 47,7 cm (16 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.), framed 61 x 66 cm (24 x 26 in.)
Michał Budny
Untitled (From a collection of drawn notes), 2015
chalk on paper
4 parts, total 47,7 x 42,5 cm, framed 66 x 61 cm
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