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For nearly two decades, Garbarczuk worked illegally in Germany, cleaning oil tanks, among other activities. At the turn of the 1990s, he settled down with his family in Gorzewo, where he ran his own carpenter’s workshop. After his company went bankrupt and expected help from the state did not come, Garbarczuk embarked on an artistic practice that marks a poignant critique of the socio-political situation during the free market transition period in Poland. Inspired by current political events, for ten years the artist has produced a range of banners and installations displayed on the fence of his house. The exhibitions of his works, made of “poor” materials and found objects, remain unchanged until they suffer destruction. Garbarczuk often relies on provocation in order to compel viewers to think. He keeps a photographic documentation of his projects.
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