This vibrant abstract composition employs a rich palette of earthy tones and bold, angular shapes. The visual elements create a dynamic, fragmented effect, with intersecting planes of oranges, browns, and blues. The overall impression is one of chaos and movement, conveyed through the artist's experimental techniques. While the subject matter is largely non-representational, the work evokes a sense of natural forms and landscapes. This abstract expressionist piece reflects the artist's intention to capture the spontaneity and emotional energy of the creative process, breaking away from traditional representational painting. ...
The work of Tomasz Kowalski is enigmatic in nature – strange yet familiar scenes host an array of mysterious narratives: each work is an intricate tableau collected from a fragmented reality. Figures navigate through peculiar landscapes, their bodies changing with the environments around them, consumed by space. Kowalski presents several mediums at once: oils on canvas, works on paper and the addition of handwoven wool tapestries done in collaboration with his mother Alicja Kowalska, a master textile artist. His body of work draws from German Expressionism, New Objectivity, Surrealism and Transanvagardia, along with the influence of psychedelia and Postmodern literature, all which play with the subconscious and our perceptions while keeping a tether to non-abstract realms. ...
Crèvecœur, founded in 2009 by Axel Dibie (born 1981) and Alix Dionot-Morani (born 1979), located in the Belleville area (eastern Paris) has, since its creation, presented artists from France and the rest of the world whose different practices question current conditions for producing images and objects. The gallery sees itself as a body that supports its artists in the various stages of production, demonstration and dissemination of their practice. Through its work inside 3 gallery spaces — a 160 sq.m. space in Eastern Paris (20e) with natural light that can host ambitious exhibitions; and two spaces in the historic centre of Paris (7e) through the co-creation, since 2015, of a new alternative fair called Paris Internationale; through a publishing house called oe publishing books by represented and invited artists; and through support for production of the institutional shows of the represented artists, Crèvecœur is an entity which aims to adapt, in an organic way, to the challenging systems that contemporary artists experience today. ...
