ONE SMALL SEED MAGAZINE Issue #26 Digital 01 | Page 59

URBAN ARTIST

SOAP

ON SURREALISM, HYPERREALISM &
BRINGING HIS ART TO ANOTHER LEVEL
Adam Klodzinski aka SOAP is an urban artist who’s given life to trains
and grey walls, had shots fired over his head and believes the only
art that's not accessible is that which doesn't make it to the 'canvas'.
From hyperreal celebrity portraits to surrealist paintings, his scope
of work and use of tools and mediums takes you on a wild journey
through the underground, along streets and into galleries. While he
stands as Dali's biggest fan, he's quickly becoming one of ours!

You reference Salvador Dali as one of your influencers; he’s an artist
associated with the movement of surrealism. Is what’s ‘real’ always
open to interpretation?
I love Dali and his paintings. My own surrealism comes with lots of my
paintings such as the London Tube Train. I also paint myself into most of
my paintings as a character I call 'Little Adam'. I position him in places he
could never exist in real life, so he’s my little piece of surrealism too. Also,
when I look at my paintings on the Internet, they seem much larger than
what they really are – more like murals but instead they’re on canvas. I
believe we all see things differently. When I look at a chair I might not see
the same chair that you do. We all have different perspectives don't we?
My upbringing and what happened in Poland gives me a different outlook
to someone else who has had a different background. I also believe that
most people are caught up in their thoughts most of the time and as a
result miss the beauty. This is what I try to put into my paintings too – my
vision of the beauty that’s all around us!