Leszek Piotrowski Lesstro
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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
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Over the years your works have been internationally showcased in several occasions and your painting“ Maja” is exhibited within permanent collection of MEAM Museum in Barcelona. One of the hallmarks of your work is the capability to create a direct involvement with the viewers, who are urged to evolve from a condition of mere spectatorship. So before leaving this conversation we would like to pose a question about the nature of relationship of your art with your audience. Do you consider the issue of audience reception as being a crucial component of your decisionmaking process, in terms of what type of language is used in a particular context?
Referring to this question I have ambivalent feelings. The answer is simultaneously YES and NO. Having in regard, that thanks to my family support( both financial and moral) I have never had to care about the sale of my production and I don’ t need to satisfy others taste or follow what is trendy in art. I can afford painting what I like. So in this aspect I don’ t care about the audience or critics. important for my work, it simply makes sense to paint. This is more important that classical contemporary painting nowadays, in the era of mass media is not easy accessibly for common audience, as I mentioned before there is no space in contemporary art galleries for this kind of art. Generally the issue of audience reception is not crucial component of my decision-making process, my language is universal and I don’ t adjust it in particular context.
Thanks a lot for your time and for sharing your thoughts. Leszek, would you like to tell our readers something about your future projects? How do you see your work evolving?
The nearest project is a female nude, painted on the bigger size canvas, with enriched technology comparing to the series of nudes I made a few years ago. It will be a new challenge for me as I will have possibility to see my work evolving. Next summer I am planning to have open-air painting in Balkan countries and I am looking forward to it. These are my nearest future projects. Regarding long-term project my dream is to make really huge historical, genre scene painting.
Thanks a lot for your time and for sharing your thoughts. Leszek, would you like to tell our readers something about your future.
On the other hand – when I am facing appreciation and admiration for my works I feel that the audience is so very
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