"Since his beginnings, Slominski unfailingly sought a direct dialogue with the viewer, probing ideas about art and its reception. His so-called 'traps' are absurd-looking baits, inspired by the sculptural qualities he observed in a vole trap and positioned somewhere between sculpture and functional object. They can be interpreted as comments on the deceptive, as well as the seductive, effects of art. Slominski's cunning traps only form one of many components in his ironic universe, which also includes bicycles, windmills, found objects and non-traditional materials. In the legacy of Marcel Duchamp's readymades, he transforms these everyday objects through their inclusion in an art context, highlighting the ways in which perception and expectation condition how we see them. In 2006, he introduced paint and classical reliefs into his practice and, in keeping with his satirical approach, the fine marble usually associated with these forms is replaced with cheap polystyrene, while traditional painterly subjects are exchanged for kitschy motifs and colour schemes." - Ropac, "Andreas Slominski"

Sitography: ROPAC, "Andreas Slominski", www.ropac.net
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