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// Wilhelm Sasnal’s Damned Youth (2011) is a linocut that employs stark contrasts and minimalist composition to convey a sense of isolation or existential reflection. Against a black background, a white circular shape, possibly symbolizing a setting sun or rising moon, creates a focal point near the bottom of the image. In front of this form, stylized text spells out “DAMNED YOUTH” in Polish, casting elongated shadows that evoke a sense of depth and desolation. The restrained color palette and sparse elements allow viewers to focus on the emotional weight conveyed through simplicity, characteristic of Sasnal’s exploration of modern angst.

Wilhelm Sasnal (Poland, 1972) is a contemporary artist known for his diverse body of work, including painting, photography, and film. His art often reflects on everyday life, mass media, and historical events, employing a variety of styles and techniques. Sasnal's works are featured in major international collections, such as the Guggenheim Museum and Tate Modern.

Wilhelm Sasnal

Damned Youth, 2011

Name: Damned Youth, 2011
SKU: 8208

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Linocut

LinocutLinocut is a printmaking technique similar to woodcut, where a sheet of linoleum is used as the relief surface. The design is carved into the linoleum using a V-shaped gouge or chisel, creating raised areas that form a mirror image of the final print. Ink is applied to the raised areas with a roller, and the linoleum sheet is then pressed onto fabric or paper. The printing can be done by hand or with a press.

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Edition of 50

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My mind is incapable of producing fiction. I always try to draw on things that already exist.
- Wilhelm Sasnal

Considered to be one of the most successful and prominent contemporary Polish artists, Wilhelm Sasnal is a painter, film-maker, illustrator and poster-artist. As a painter, Sasnal’s subjects span a wide range including mundane, every-day objects; historical figures, portraits of friends and family, and views of Kraków, his home town. Among Sasnal’s most popular works are his portraits of women – this work serves to explore the notion of modern beauty and highlights the constructs within society, media and fashion that tend to represent beauty, as opposed to the actual physicality of the women themselves; Sasnal alludes to the eventual decay of all beauty by depicting all of his female subjects to be smoking. His work tends to be centred around the history of art, and the functioning of modern society under the influence of mass media, an analysis of reality as we understand it – he has stated: “I don’t know where history ends and the present moment begins. It’s like liquid, or sometimes like mud.”

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Wilhelm Sasnal

Damned Youth, 2011

50 x 34 cm

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