Joanna Głażewska & Michał Wietrow: Granica kształtu

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The work of Joanna Głażewska, focused on painting problems characteristic for abstraction, is based on unusual precision in building rhythmic sequences combined with deep colour sensitivity. Compositions based on contrasting colour combinations are compilations of geometric arrangements, filling the picture field. Joanna Głażewska's works do not illustrate specific places or situations. They are rather a form of studio analysis of a fragment of the reality seen. It is not space itself that is the hero here, but only a certain fragment of it or the memories and emotions associated with it. Recording on canvas painterly inspirations is based on a thorough analysis, the consequence of which is a multitude of elements making up the composition.

The main area of inspiration for Michal Wietrow's creative search is the human body. The artist's patches are sometimes firmly rooted in a specific storyline - as in the case of the sculptural cycle Hern, in which the cultural context blurs with time, giving rise to a characteristic stylistic group of sculptures, to which the artist has returned for several years. The realistic depiction of the human body has been juxtaposed here with a surrealistic vision of the environment built around the human being, clearly alluding to the mythological origins of the cycle. The silhouette of the eponymous Hern is presented as people probably must have seen it centuries ago. It has clear human shapes, but there is also a very clear element of strangeness in it. What is seemingly familiar has something dark and mysterious about it. It arouses fear, but also fascination. Apart from the above-mentioned group of sculptures, the exhibition also features quite different works. They are focused on a single figure - usually female. They strive to generalise the figure and maximise synthesis.

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