"On the beach", 100x140, Acrylic on canvas, 2012
"Shopping", 100x140, Acrylic on canvas, 2012
"Tabloid", 100x120, Acrylic/tape on canvas, 2012
"Skin", 70x70, Graphite/acrylic on canvas, 2012
"Jeans", 70x70, Graphite/acrylic on canvas, 2012
"Weave", 70x70, Graphite/acrylic on canvas, 2012
..just a moment before starting working on the next
picture
"beauty becomes more beautiful than beauty, truth
becomes truer than truth".
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Looking back and trying to verify the way I have been
perceiving the world, I see that beauty has been the greatest value for me. I
have always wanted to speak about this value in my own language. Now I do so in
my short stories - glimpses in shades of gray. In these works I analyze the
things that stike and intrigue me. It feels like looking at a rare diamond
which I cut myself.
When meeting somebody for the first time, I often
notice non obvious facts beneath the surface - results of prior experiences, memories,
complexes and fighting for identity.
However, I never had a chance to meet the people in my
paintings. I spotted them while skipping pages of tabloids and photo sessions. I used
these characters as a pretext.
This is why I base the assumptions about these people
on my own life experience. I imagine paint their history as I see it in my
imagination. In my opinion, everybody has an inner filter through which they
perceive other people in a certain way. They encode traits, smell and
gestures...We associate the perception filter with a particular person at the
first meeting. Based on it we continue creating a matching image. I follow this
pattern in my paintings. I usually paint neutral, not related stories which I
join in one emotional tale. My mind is driven by situations that only happen in
my imagination. I am their creator. None of the characters in somebody in
particular. I refer to layers and pervasion by using a motive of reflections
hiding the reality, shredding it into pieces...to never disclose it in full.
With reflections as the main motive, these works are a metaphor of human
perception, which is never complete and objective. Baudrillard's Simulacra -
ecstasy of reality being fed by mass media.
I am a painter for whom it is extremely important to
stay frank with myself and the viewer. In my works I strive to capture a hint
of my emotions that might have gone too quickly or not happen at all. I call
myself a minimalist using a combination or black and white and a whole palette
of grayness. I tell stories and paint feelings that permeate though white
background of solitude. What has not been presented by colours, I express with
texture and temperature of black. Looking at my paintings in a simplified way,
you can feel the spirit of a black and white photograph.
I often look for inspiration in fashion coverages,
including works of Hedi Slimane. Fashion has always been and will remain my
drive.
