R.K. Polak

R.K. Polak is an experiences UK artist with international exposure. Polak finds ‘objects of beauty’ in the leftover shards and stenciled markings created by momentary disorder.His work hovers on the threshold of abstraction and minimalism, with reference to the emotional dis-attachment of the Colour Field Paintings of the 50s and 60s. Polak often returns to previously worked canvases, painting over and scratching the surface, adding ash, soil, cat litter, coca cola, coffee, wine, toilet paper, everyday dirt, which give the canvas a sculptural element creating opportunity for a new visual language. Imbued with the artist’s action these works touch on an abstract expressionist model and yet are so apparently a narrative of our time.