Michal Martychowiec
Art cage
2017
Metal plate
20 x 30 cm
Art cage is an enamel on steel sign mimicking the style
of blue Parisian street signs, functions significantly
within his artistic practice and resonates with specific
art historical trajectories. The work participates in the
artist’s complex narratives, particularly involving the
rabbit Josephine and explorations of history and power.
Beyond the specific object, Art cage serves as a recurring
metaphor in the artist’s notes, representing the various
constraints—societal, institutional, systemic, historical—
that frame art and life. The enamel sign, therefore, acts as
a tangible signifier, using the familiar visual language of
urban infrastructure to label and introduce this complex
investigation into literal and metaphorical ‘cages’.