Antoni Kowalski |
What
the old masters achieved through the actual beauty of the interplay
of light and shade, or the sound of colors in the external world.
I am trying to achieve outside the material world. For me, the ground
for the play of light and shade, for the sound of colors is the inner,
spiritual world, but our eyes are not of much use there. There one
needs up the third eye of the mind. Art begins where there is mystery.
It is supposed to discover the parts that are beyond the reach of
sensual perception, but it must not become an idle play of imagination
or a primitive provocation. I carry an obligation towards Art and
towards tradition, but at the same time I feel obliged to search for
new areas. I am not attracted by the superficiality of new media,
I prefer to study the secrets of the traditional techniques. Through
its non-material energy. Art has the faculty to convey the states
of mind on the same transcendental plane. |
Born
on July 10, 1957. Studied at the Department of Graphic Art in Katowice
of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland. He graduated summa
cum laude in graphic design under Professor Tomasz Jura, and in painting
under Professor Jerzy Duda-Gracz in 1982. Resides in Katowice, Poland.
Selected one-man exhibitions:
1982 Gallery 2016, Brussels, Belgium;
L'Hotel de Ville, Courcelles, Belgium;
1983 Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
1984 BWA Gallery, Katowice, Poland;
Ka De We Gallery, West Berlin;
Atelier fur Polnische Kunst, West Berlin;
Obere Galerie, West Berlin;
Messehalle 3, West Berlin;
1985 Kuhdamm Galerie, West Berlin;
Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
1989 A.B. Wahl Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
1992 Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
Rama-Aneks Gallery, Poznan, Poland;
1994 Piast Castle Museum & Gallery, Gliwice, Poland;
Silesian Museum, Katowice, Poland;
State Gallery of Contemporary Art, Przemysl, Poland;
1995 State Art Gallery – Willa, Lodz, Poland;
Gallery 2016, Brussels, Belgium;
1996 Gallery 2016, Brussels, Belgium;
Na Pietrze Gallery, Poznan, Poland;
1997 Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
BWA Gallery, Zamosc, Poland;
Obok Gallry, Tychy, Poland;
1998 Contemporary Art Gallery, Plock, Poland;
1999 Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;
2000 1112 Gallery, Society For Arts, Chicago, USA.
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