LandE scape
Marta Sieczak
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
put as one layer . So it comes a moment when I have to decide precisely where on canvas this particular color should stay . Painting-over in batik technique is hard and not really efficient , so I prefer to spend some time and think twice , before just putting a random color at random part of canvas . For PLACES I have chosen vivid colors , to create some tension : a contrast between theirs energy and melancholic atmosphere of the picture , between theirs dynamic - and harmony of composition . I wanted colors to follow the real-unreal discourse we ' ve been already talking about .
True , the open reading and associative possibilities are crucial , because the paintings themselves are created in multiplicity of meanings . Behind each painting stays a set of thoughts - not a single statement . When I explore some problem , I always try to approach it from various points of views , which implicates more and more thoughts connected to eachother - and I end up with some set of thoughts which I want to express . That ' s why the paintings present open spaces , kind of landscapes , which are specified but still within this specification are many elements . It ' s like when I say " forest "