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. (..)”

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. (..)”