oil, canvas, 100 x 120 cm, signed p.d.: 'A. UMIASTOWSKI' 23
In the paintings of Andrzej Umiastowski, the human being occupies a paramount place. The artist has created his own poetics and style recognizable from the first glance. (...) In his compositions, we see a world devoid of the horror of today, a world of morality play, through which a whole pantheon of figures passes, containing a synthesis of our vices, ridicule and grotesque behavior. His paintings are a space where we see the relationship between seriousness and ridicule, between man and nature, love and indifference, where the essentials are adjacent to the meaningless. The artist aptly exposes our weaknesses, but it seems that his vision is still vivid and evocative, and most importantly, optimistic.
Wojciech Zmorzyński in the introduction to the catalog 'Andrzej Umiastowski. Paintings', State Art Gallery in Sopot, Sopot, p. 4.
EXHIBITED:
- Andrzej Umiastowski. Paintings, State Art Gallery in Sopot September 2024, Sopot.
LITERATURE:
- Andrzej Umiastowski. Paintings, State Art Gallery in Sopot, Sopot 2024, p. 82 (il.).
He defended his diploma in the painting studio of J. Zablocki at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdansk in 1984. In his work a large role is played by light, landscape painted under the influence of the actual feeling of nature, and above all the human figure - grotesque, shown in a symbolic way. He participated in exhibitions: "33 Salon - Young Painting, Young Expression" in Paris (1982), National Exhibition of Young Painting "The Way and the Truth" in Wroclaw (1985), "Polish Pieta" in Cracow, Warsaw and other Polish cities (1986-1987), "Seaside Meetings of Youth" in Sopot (1988). He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Poland, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Great Britain and the USA.
