[3] Uklański uses a variety of media, mediums, and materials, including paintings, collage, fiber, art, installation, and photography.
Photography can be considered his primary media,[4] but the materials in his art range from resin paintings, collage,[4] linen, plant fiber, and aluminium,[5] to pencil shavings, colored graphite, and ceramics.
His work has challenged societal views on death and sex, and also often explores political movements as they intersect with society and media.
[9] One of his sculptures, Untitled (Polonia) (2005), is minimalist but monumental, made of glass, and stands as a response to a political event.
[10] Created in 1996, this installation piece is composed of glass, an aluminum-raised floor structure and computer-controlled LED and sound system.
Created in 1998, this was an exhibition of 164 color photographs of Polish and other foreign actors who played Nazis in film.
The point of this collection, according to Uklański, is to question how the attractive actors seduce the viewer and blind them to the truth about the evil and ruthlessness of Nazism.
"[4] Emerging in the mid-1990s, the Warsaw-born, New York-based artist Piotr Uklański has created a provocative body of work that ranges across media, from installation, paper reliefs, tie-dye paintings, textile-based immersive sculptures and resin-based sculptures and paintings to photography, performance and a feature-length film, Summer Love.
Taking the form of a reader, this richly illustrated collection of 11 essays—authored by internationally renowned art historians, curators and critics—analyzes Uklanski's protean output.
While this book serves to critically situate Uklański's work in art historical and theoretical contexts, it also provides some unconventional, humorous interpretations.