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RYSZARD KONIKOWSKI IS AN INTERNATIONALLYRENOWNED ARTIST, WHOSE WORK IS COVETED FOR ITS COMPELLING NATURE ANDUNAPOLOGETICALLY BOLD LANGUAGE.
BORN IN 1949 IN POLAND, WHERE HE WAS EXPOSED TOA RICH HISTORY OF ART AND CULTURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE A PROFOUND AND LASTINGIMPACT ON HIS WORK. IN 1984 HE MIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, ACQUIRING NEW WORLDLYEXPERIENCES AND FURTHER FUELING HIS DESIRE TO CHALLENGE THOUGH HIS VISUALEXPRESSION AND EXPLORE MEANING AND THOUGHT WITH AN ALMOST ANALYTICALINTROVERSION. HIS WORK IS NOTHING SHORT OF GENIUS, WHERE INTELLIGENT ANDSUBLIME MESSAGES COMPEL THE VIEWER TO REVEAL THEM.
TO CATEGORIZE HIS WORK INTO A SPECIFIC STYLEWOULD BE IN VAIN, HOWEVER SOME OF HIS MOST FAMED PIECES COULD BE SAID TOMEANDER THE REALM OF REALISM, SURREALISM AND A GOTHIC AESTHETIC.
ANOTHER FORTE OF HIS IS THE FIELD OF POSTERGRAPHICS, FOR WHICH HE HAS HAD A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS OVER THE LENGTH OF HISCAREER.
RYSZARD WORKS WITH A VARIETY OF MEDIUMSINCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: WATERCOLOUR, OIL, PENCIL AND PASTEL.
HIS WORK HAS BEEN DISPLAYED AT INTERNATIONALEXHIBITIONS IN POLAND & (FORMER) CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, GERMANY, U.K,FRANCE, HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIA. THOUGH A MAJORITY OF HIS WORK NOW BELONGS INPRIVATE COLLECTIONS GLOBALLY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WORKS LOCATED IN GALLERIESACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
RYSZARD KONIKOWSKI ON HIS OWN WORK:
"IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE CONCENTRATEDMAINLY ON DRAWING. ACCORDING TO MICHELANGELO, THE ARTISTIC IDEA EMANATES FROMDRAWING. DRAWINGS AND DESIGN ARE THE SOURCE AND ESSENCE OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE,AND ARCHITECTURE AS WELL AS OTHER FIELDS OF ART; THEY ARE ALSO THE ROOTS OF ALLSCIENCE.
I DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO CURRENT ARTTRENDS. MY WORK REPRESENTS CREATIVITY, A WAY OF SEARCHING FOR AND EXPRESSINGTHE DEEPEST AND MOST COMPLEX INNER SIGNALS. I USE METAPHORS AND DREAMY POETICSIN THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL ULTIMATELY COMPREHEND MY PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD".
(ART,THE MEANING OF MY ART, THE MEANING OF MY THOUGHTS – RYSZARD KONIKOWSKI)
