Gregory Star, Battle of the Crows
Patinated bronze
Signed.
Dimensions: 34.5 x 48 x 29 cm
Edition: 4/6
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"As I hurried to the office - in order to settle some formal matters that were consuming my attention - I came across a battle between two black birds that lasted barely a moment, something inside me vibrated. Almost unnoticed by passersby, the brutality and violence of the antagonists seemed fascinating to me. Probably the rest of the world for these creatures for a moment was as irrelevant as they are indifferent to the rest of the world. At that moment there were no two crows, there was only a flutter. The sculpture, therefore, does not depict birds, but a fight - that brief moment when, at the critical moment of competition, the escalating brutality of the opponents brings them to the point where they are no longer different from each other. The physical stability of the composition I made is provided by a golden ball symbolizing the reason for this small but violent dispute."
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Grzegorz Gwiazda - born in 1984, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and as a scholarship student at the Accademia di Belle Arte di Brera in Milan. In 2009, he graduated with honors from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, defending his master's thesis in Prof. Adam Myjak's sculpture studio. Since 2009, he has been teaching at the Graphics and Sculpture Studio of IEA APS in Warsaw. In 2014, he earned his doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and in 2019 he received his postdoctoral degree. Since 2015, he has been teaching at the Barcelona Academy of Art.
He was the recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2008/2009, and also received the ENTRY Initiative scholarship. He is a two-time winner in the international figurative art competition organized by Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes in Spain (awarded sculptures: behold a man in 2010 and Bicycle in 2015). In 2018, he received an award from the art magazine Arteon.
Star's realizations can be found in Poland, Spain and China. His works are in many collections, including the permanent collection of the Museu Europeu d'Art Modern in Barcelona.
