Karol Kochanowski
LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW more ambiguous: the power of visual arts in the contemporary age is enormous: at the same time, the role of the viewer’ s disposition and attitude is equally important. Both our minds and our bodies need to actively participate in the experience of contemplating a piece of art: it demands your total attention and a particular kind of effort— it’ s almost a commitment. What do you think about the role of the viewer? Are you particularly interested if you try to achieve to trigger the viewers ' perception as starting point to urge them to elaborate personal interpretations?
No matter what’ s hidden behind my brush strokes, what message I had on my mind while working on another piece, I always believed in so called first impression. I have made this idea clear with my Art & Design Foundation Course Degree Show installation“ Breadcycle”. It didn’ t matter to me if the viewer appreciate or dislike it; my aim was to attract and to persuade someone to reflect on a piece in any way, get inspired, bring some questions or even hate it. I think‘ Breadcycle”- red floor and surrounding it walls covered in toast slices with bicycle placed in the center also wrapped in bread – did the job.
My more recent works, abstract paintings, bring attention with their vivid colors and semi realistic forms. I asked myself, whom do I want to make art for and what attracts me when looking at other artists’ work? Answers helped me to clarify the way I present my ideas / visions in a physical form. My works bring many questions what lead the viewer from visual attraction to the next stage – searching for the deeper meaning, but I will be more than happy if my work will satisfy the viewer even just on a visual level.
We have really appreciated the way The end of the end of provides with a visual translation the notion of heterotopia elaborated by French anthropologist Michel Foucault: your inquiry into the connections between spaces, and especially the way you have snatched the uncanny quality of these places has reminded us of the concept of non lieu elaborated by French anthropologist Marc Augé: artists are always interested in probing to see what is beneath the surface: maybe one of the roles of an artist could be to reveal unexpected sides of Nature, especially of our inner Nature... what ' s your view about this?
In some way we, as artists usually aim to get to some point, solution. In my case, the meaning of my practice is quite personal even if I touch many social issues. If I’ m trying to unveil unknown side of Nature, it’ s definitely nature of mine. No matter what subject I touch, my practice, on subconscious level always leads me to myself.
There is an element of narcissism in artist’ s nature, I was contemplating this