Artist: Monika Ślósarczyk (b. 1971)
Title: Self-Portrait B
Year: 1997
Medium: mixed media, canvas
Dimensions: 35 × 24 cm.
An expressive self-portrait from the early period of Monika Ślósarczyk’s career, rendered in a cool, subdued palette of grays, whites, and blues. The distorted, abstractly rendered face was constructed using layered textures and free, painterly gestures that lend the composition a strong emotional charge. The juxtaposition of raw material with subtle accents of blue underscores the introspective nature of the work and foreshadows the artist’s later interest in the psychological dimension of portraiture.
On the reverse, a handwritten description by the artist: “Monika Ślósarczyk, Self-Portrait B, 35 × 24 cm, mixed media, 1997.”
Condition: very good. The work is mounted on its original stretcher, and the identifying inscriptions on the reverse are intact. Visible natural signs of aging and handling are consistent with the photographic documentation.
