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Mikołaj Sobczak
Vampires, 2021Glaze on biscuit ceramicSigned, titled and dated on bottom40 x 15 x 15 cm
15.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inchesB-MSOBCZAK-.25-0023Further images
Created in collaboration with the historic Włocławek Faience factory, whose closure during the pandemic prompted a final series of unique pieces, this vase adopts a classic model to depict diverse...Created in collaboration with the historic Włocławek Faience factory, whose closure during the pandemic prompted a final series of unique pieces, this vase adopts a classic model to depict diverse cultural figures of the vampire. Drawing from cinema, folklore, and non-Western mythologies, it explores the vampiric kiss as a gender-indifferent gesture, staging an encounter between desire, hunger, Eros and Thanatos. All the vases pay homage to a factory integral to my upbringing and local community.