You Tried To Hide Your Lies I, II
100 x 50 cm / 80 x 40 cm, oil on canvas, 2006. In private collection.
The title of the paintings, “You’re trying to hide your lies”, is an excerpt from the lyrics of Christina Aguilera’s song “Fighter”, whose music video inspired the diptych.
I.
The painting depicts a female portrait, captured in evocative, dynamic movement. The figure is painted realistically, but there is no verisimilitude to the scene, rather a cartoonish synthesis bordering on animation and 2-dimensional advertising.
Bent in dynamic movement, the figure of a woman freezes in a “silent” scream as if to free herself from the lie. Words that “cut” the image in half out of her mouth.
The smooth, elaborate fragments of the picture are combined with the simple monochromatic planes of the maroon background, enriched with raw textures. At one-third of its height, the work is punctuated by a pasted-on print with a repeated title text. All this builds up to a strong painterly collage.
II.
The painting is an abstract extension of another piece with the same title. Both pictures were created at the same time and they are stylistically an intended whole. Still, they can successfully work separately.
In contrast to its figurative version, this painting is a purely abstract composition, very visual and dynamic. Expressive and dynamic, it reflects the artist’s emotions and temperament in juxtaposition with the subject.
The richness of the textures, the racing, sharp lines of the drawing combined with the abrasions of the paint give the impression of a rush, fury and apparent chaos. Is this a mind trying to free itself from a lie? The paintings are united by similar stylistic treatments: pasted print with the title of the painting, colours, and textures. All together they create an aggressive, anxiety-filled painterly collage.
I.
The painting depicts a female portrait, captured in evocative, dynamic movement. The figure is painted realistically, but there is no verisimilitude to the scene, rather a cartoonish synthesis bordering on animation and 2-dimensional advertising.
Bent in dynamic movement, the figure of a woman freezes in a “silent” scream as if to free herself from the lie. Words that “cut” the image in half out of her mouth.
The smooth, elaborate fragments of the picture are combined with the simple monochromatic planes of the maroon background, enriched with raw textures. At one-third of its height, the work is punctuated by a pasted-on print with a repeated title text. All this builds up to a strong painterly collage.
II.
The painting is an abstract extension of another piece with the same title. Both pictures were created at the same time and they are stylistically an intended whole. Still, they can successfully work separately.
In contrast to its figurative version, this painting is a purely abstract composition, very visual and dynamic. Expressive and dynamic, it reflects the artist’s emotions and temperament in juxtaposition with the subject.
The richness of the textures, the racing, sharp lines of the drawing combined with the abrasions of the paint give the impression of a rush, fury and apparent chaos. Is this a mind trying to free itself from a lie? The paintings are united by similar stylistic treatments: pasted print with the title of the painting, colours, and textures. All together they create an aggressive, anxiety-filled painterly collage.
Related exhibitions
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Introspection
Painting Studio XII at 10 Szewska Street (Poznan, Poland 2010)
Heart To Heart
charity painting exhibition, hospital at Dluga Street (Poznan, Poland 2009)
Related exhibitions
—
Introspection
Painting Studio XII at 10 Szewska Street (Poznan, Poland 2010)
Heart To Heart
charity painting exhibition, hospital at Dluga Street (Poznan, Poland 2009)
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