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Konrad Wyrebek, We are Slaves to the world that doesnt exist II, 50 x 40 cm, oil on canvas
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Konrad Wyrebek “BsD” digital artwork
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Konrad Wyrebek, new media print, digitalized 3d, 2011, size variable
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Konrad Wyrebek,”Abs”, new media print, digitalized 3d, 2011, size variable
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konrad Wyrebek, Circle 9, 120 x120 cm, oil and acrylic paint on canvas
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Konrad Wyrebek, Uprising stills from the art video collaboration
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Konrad Wyrebek,  “Play Pray II”, 115x105cm or 45x42in PlayPray 2010 , oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm  /  31.5 x 31.5 inches The position and shape of the human figure in this painting – part of the series “Young Slaves” – is intended to provoke possibilities.The body type is ambiguous, might be male or female; a state of flux and confusion that places the viewer in an uncertain place. Furthermore, the pose suggests a readying to pounce on prey, yet it is simultaneously a shape of submission. There is an edge of neon night-time to the violet marks highlighting areas of the figure. Here the spot-lights of a city strip club are homed in on the skin; targets where pain and pleasure are easily swapped.
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Konrad Wyrebek ‘We Are Slaves To A World That Doesn’t Exist’ and ‘Five Target Rings Circle5’.
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Konrad Wyrebek, “WorrallWorrall”, 2011, oil painting on canvas152 x 122 cm  /  60 x 48 inches
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Konard Wyrebek, PlayPray 2010 , oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm  /  31.5 x 31.5 inches PlayPray 2010 , oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm  /  31.5 x 31.5 inches The position and shape of the human figure in this painting – part of the series “Young Slaves” – is intended to provoke possibilities.The body type is ambiguous, might be male or female; a state of flux and confusion that places the viewer in an uncertain place. Furthermore, the pose suggests a readying to pounce on prey, yet it is simultaneously a shape of submission. There is an edge of neon night-time to the violet marks highlighting areas of the figure. Here the spot-lights of a city strip club are homed in on the skin; targets where pain and pleasure are easily swapped.
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Konrad Wyrebek, BoM III  2010, oil on canvas 75 x 70 cm  /   29.5 x 27.6 inches BoM III  2010, oil on canvas 75 x 70 cm  /   29.5 x 27.6 inches From the “Beauty in Petrol” series, BoM III takes as its starting point a fashion photograph of a model posed as young business man. A surface glance suggests a male riding high in a society that celebrates youth, beauty and style. But there’s a sadness beneath the Photoshop-bought lifestyle; in the eyes that flirt and ask for approval – that can only experience happiness with the validation of our gaze. The heaving, vigorously painted deformations take this unease further; tug it into ill twists. There’s a link here to the ectoplasm of Victorian era séance photography; the suggestion that the youth’s spirit has been over-powered; corrupted.
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Konrad Wyrebek “Byonce is the new black Madnna” installation with oil painting, silver gaffer tape, cut aluminum shapes, salt.Approximate size is 3,5 mr for 2,5 m with the oil painting in the middle of shape 90 x 120 cm quotes from Saatchi Gallery Magazine interview: ” (…) Identity issues recur throughout Wyrebek’s art, a theme that’s maybe most boldly tackled in ‘Byonce Is The New Black Madnna.’ Pose aside, the three female forms in this large grey-and-black painting bear little resemblance to the star. Presented in installation form, the painting is the centrepiece of a silver duct-tape pentagram that stretches out across the floor. Staring at (or kneeling before) ‘Byonce Is The New Black Madnna’, the impression of a shrine – an anti-religion – is inescapable. But while it’s worship, it’s not of any particular star – this is worship of the idea of worshipping stars. After all, they – like the painting’s mannequin forms – are interchangeable. We can’t hope to live in their image, because whatever it is will be replaced tomorrow. (…) “ ”(…)The painting ‘Beyonce Is New Black Madonna’ is the centrepiece of a pentagram installation, that has echoes of Russian constructivism as well as creating a shrine-like impact. Is there a darker meaning to the pentagram? In European culture and Christian-based society, I read the pentagram as a symbol of anti-religion. But it can also be also read as a new religion – the birth of new beliefs through the negation of an old one. So with that work I built up almost an altar-like installation with an oil painting of celebrity in an iconic pose. She’s a goddess for many. She’s an icon. The title says the rest. (..)”
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