Piotr Janas

Piotr Janas

BornNationalityBased In
1970PolishWarsaw
Biography

In Piotr Janas’ works, themes of surrealism and matter painting are combined with a unique expression of the painterly gesture. Abstract, geometric forms and realistic objects permeate shapeless impasto surfaces that, accentuating the objectivity and autonomy of the picture, refer openly to the tradition of 1960s and 1970s Polish painting. The compositions seem to be subject to a metamorphosis making them unstable, between figuration and abstraction. Janas’ way of painting reveals the process through which it was created: smoke, fluid explosions that drip, stains that reveal a hypothetical clash with canvas, as well as lacerations, swellings, throttles. They are the result of imaginary actions to which the artist has submitted form, like strange and unpredictable experiments performed in a laboratory. The fluid lines that recall the body - from sex organs to fragments of epidermis - contrast with the sharp tips and precise drawings of geometrical forms which the artist often incorporates in his compositions. ...

Selected Artworks
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
190 x 130cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
190 x 130cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
190 x 130cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
190 x 130cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
190 x 130cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
190 x 130cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
200 x 140cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
30 x 20cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
40 x 20cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2023
40 x 30cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2019
24 x 18cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2020
142 x 100cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2018
148.5 x 200.5cm
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Piotr Janas
Untited, 2019
96 x 69cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2019
24 x 18cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2018
93 x 60cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2018
63 x 90cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2018
60 x 93cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2018
60 x 93cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2020
90 x 75cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2020
75 x 90cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2020
90 x 75cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2020
90 x 75cm
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Piotr Janas
Untitled, 2020
90 x 75cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Venice Biennial2003 - Venice
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