▁Polish ▁artists , ▁were ▁co oper ating ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁as ▁K ij ew ski / K oc ur ▁du o ▁in ▁Wars aw , ▁Poland . ▁They ▁often ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁stud ios ▁of ▁the ▁Centre ▁of ▁Polish ▁S cul pt ure ▁until ▁the ▁artist ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Their ▁works , ▁in ▁Polish ▁art , ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁pop ▁art ▁and ▁it ▁showed ▁the ▁most ▁distinct ▁example ▁of ▁using ▁pop ▁art ▁in ▁the ▁era ▁of ▁post - mod ern ist ▁experiments ▁and ▁re actions ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁reality ▁and ▁new ▁economic - c ult ural ▁situation ▁that ▁was ▁forming ▁in ▁Poland ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁' 9 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁K ij ew ski / K oc ur ▁works , ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁they ▁ful filled ▁and ▁inspired ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁By ▁using ▁an ▁original ▁and ▁self - im posed ▁strategy ▁called ▁S SS ▁– ▁sur f ing , ▁sc anning , ▁and ▁sampling , ▁They ▁freely ▁expl ored ▁different ▁aspects ▁of ▁contemporary ▁visual ▁culture . ▁K ij ew ski ▁/ ▁K oc ur ▁were ▁creating ▁eye - catch ing ▁coll ages ▁and ▁spatial ▁forms ▁out ▁of ▁unusual ▁materials ▁like ▁L ego ▁br icks , ▁Har ib o ▁swe ets , ▁artificial ▁fur , ▁fe athers , ▁ne on ▁tub es , ▁pre cious ▁stones ▁and ▁ 2 4 - kar at ▁gold . ▁They ▁were ▁assemb ling ▁different ▁val ued ▁materials , ▁things ▁commonly ▁defined