Land scape
Leszek Piotrowski Lesstro
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
role of memory in your work ? We are particularly interested in how you consider memory and its evocative role in showing an alternative way to escape and overcome the recurrent reality .
Generally I can describe the role of memory in painting as essential . Physical human presence in certain environment causes summing up the feelings of different senses . Best paintings of land and seascapes are made live , unfortunately it is not always possible – then memories can help a lot ( memory of not only images but also reminiscences of wind , smell , sunshine or cold ).
Human being usually finds comfort in the nature , sometimes people are longing to escape from civilization . A certain kind of escape and overcoming the recurrent reality , an element evoking memories may be a painting – made under influence of artist ’ s personal environment perception , while having viewer ’ s vivid feedback and associations .
We appreciated the way “ Spices of Arabia “ creates a point of convergence between a kind of imagery belonging to universal imagery and direct experience with concrete aesthetics you convey through a personal language . So we would take this occasion to ask you if in your opinion personal experience is an absolutely indispensable part of a creative process . Do you think that a creative process could be disconnected from direct experience ?