Cyryl Polaczek
Born in 1989 in Zielona Góra. Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (2008- 2010) and at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (2010-2014). Holder of Erasmus scholarship at the Universität der Künste, Berlin (2013). Winner of 11. edition of Hestia Artistic Journey (2013), residency in New York. Co-founder of Potencja Gallery and Potencja Film Studio, together with Karoli- na Jabłońska and Tomasz Kręcicki.
CYRYL POLACZEK
LAST SUMMER
2019 / cycle of 7 paintings, oil on canvas
What I do is affected by unclear stories I hear, scenes from films, texts I read, literature. I have recently wondered about the faint idea I have of the processes, devices that surround me every day. I try to explain these phenomena in my works by means of associations, my own symbolism. Paintings make up cycles, which are connected loosely by a similar topic, form. After long struggles in painting in a thick paint layer, drawing in it, I returned to classical painting, smoothly applied stains, glaze. I don’t know how long this will last, the form of works I make changes often, I try not to become attached to a style.
