"In the middle of the painting there is a chair, disappearing in the multitude of forms and motifs and the figures presented. A symbolic place for experiencing one's emotional state. Thoughts, fears, hopes and memories swirl around it in their unbridledness. The painting presents this universe as if conjured up outside. At the top, in a red cloud, a figure is seen moving away, and from everywhere, fragments of faces and scenes reach the eye, applied to the green surface of the imprimatura. Below, in the lower parts of the canvas, someone is climbing a mountain. This whole multitude of events swirls as if around the central prop, which is the chair".

Krzysztof Mężyk added the above note to his painting entitled "Shame". This concept - shame - also appeared in our conversation, when we were looking at paintings in Krzysztof's studio with the exhibition in mind.

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Stach Szabłowski (curator)

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11.04 - 30.05.2025

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