Leszek Piotrowski Lesstro
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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
Or there is an interstitial area where these apparently opposite elements could produce a proficient synergy ?
In my opinion classics in art is timeless and from this point of view we can also consider traditional , classical painting as contemporary . So called “ contemporary art “ ( here I mean for example video art , performance ) became banal and artists are dealing now more with sociology than with art . Others turned towards abstract painting . Realist painting ( photorealism ) became monkey handiness and human being - as the subject of art – degraded . Such contemporary art became dispassionate , not to say nightmarish banal in its message content , raggedly produced , deprived of vision . These are not features of traditional art and due to this I think , that proficient synergy is rather impossible . Moreover , people are fed up with so-called pieces of art , they return to classics . The exhibitions of Old Masters attract to museum crowds of art lovers .
I am young and I am not afraid , that my paintings are not “ trendy “, it is a paradox , but sometimes I feel my figurative art like completely new phenomenon , as there is no space for such paintings in the contemporary art galleries . I paint what I feel and create different representations : it may be traditional still life with the abundance of elements ( Still life with mask ) or horse head with some unreal background ( Espinozja ) and I never consider in terms whether the art I create is traditional or modern , I just paint what is in line with my soul .
We like Ancient Rome for the way it successfully attempts to capture the physical feature of such wide place and at the same time leaves space for the spectators to replay the scenes in their own intimate lives , letting them become emotionally involved in what you are attempting to communicate . How do you conceive the narrative for your works ? In particular , do you think that there is a central idea that connects all of your work ?
As I mentioned before I like to paint big historical genre scenes and in this particular case the only base to conceive the narrative for my works are old movies and photos . Having this base I add and change elements and create my own vision of the scenery .
There is central idea , that connects all my works : I am searching for beauty in my painting objects . There is so much evil and ugliness nowadays , that I would like everybody looking at my paintings to associate them with feelings of beauty and good only .
You seem to direct your exploration of elements from environment – as the waves of the sea in “ Fala ” and the background of “ Camels ” – not only as a terrain that can be geographical but also a terrain that can be about memory and human presence , accomplishing an effective investigation about the relationship between perception and memory , to challenge the viewers ’ parameters . What is the