ART Habens Gosia Mielech
ART Habens meets
Gosia Mielech
An interview by Katherine Williams, curator and Jurgen Stern, curator landescape @ europe. com
Hello Gosia, and a warm welcome to LandEscape. I would start this interview with my usual introductory question: what does in your opinion define a work of Art? By the way, what could be in your opinion the features that mark an artworks as a piece of Contemporary Art? Do you think that there ' s a dichotomy between tradition and contemporariness?
In contemporary art there are no rules, no boundaries, no taboo subjects, no limit ' s and no tool more powerful than imagination. The key is to learn how to really listen to yourself, then observe, to be bothered about questions which may appear and let them begin an inner discourse. For me personally any creation ought to have a meaning, a micro or a mini mission to fulfil, in order to be called an art piece. Contemporary Art surrounds us from all around, it invigorates our senses, broadens our horizons and creates, for us, a perception of reality. It is a challenging responsibility to carry, for any Artist to satisfy the viewer’ s deep hunger. For me personally a work of art needs to have an individual impact on a viewer, it has to DO something. It is not about seeking dramatic solutions or finding simple answers. It’ s about being honest, searching and available. I wouldn’ t say that there’ s a dichotomy between tradition and contemporariness, I am more inclined to say that they interpenetrate. By acknowledging the past with all its burdens, superstitions and an overwhelming tradition, Artist ' s can only gain creative incentives. Tradition is immortal, stable
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