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ANISH KAPOOR

ANISH KAPOOR It wasn’t easy for me to understand the way Anish Kapoor thinks, not even a bit. After all, some attempts at understanding the artist might be in vain. Back in the day, art stood for itself and meant exactly what it was; these days, these oft breath-taking works require some words of explanation. Fortunately, artists like to share not only their works, but also their thoughts about them, and the internet offers us nearly unlimited and unfettered access to a variety of sources and materials. My first encounter with Kapoor’s art was in London, a year after the 2012 Olympics. The towering Orbit sculpture took my breath away. I’m not an art historian, so at first, I thought Anish Kapoor was a brilliant architect, but then I realised that a large sculpture can become architecture, just like great architecture can be a work of art. Aleem Yousaf / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) Orbit is made of steel, and 60% of all the material was made ...

BERNAR VENET

BERNAR VENET, who, among many other elements, included mathematical formulas in his paintings, once invited a young man to his studio. “So, what do you think about them?” he asked, indicating his paintings with his arm. The student looked at them for a while, then exclaimed, “But... But this is not art, it’s mathematics!” Rightfully so, given that Bernar Venet’s paintings often feature diagonals, circles and triangles with mathematical equations sprinkled in here and there. The artist replied: “Imagine there was no figurative art in the past hundreds of years, and people got used to seeing colours and shapes, often arranged into random combinations. One day, the artist accidentally painted a circle. After taking a brief glance at his wife, he added two spots, a line and another one, slightly curved, representing her mouth. He then invited a young man to his studio: “So, what do you think about them?” he asked, showing his paintings. The student looked at t...

JERZY KĘDZIORA

Jerzy Kędziora is an artist, whose works can be found in almost every corner of the world, and these include the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Dubai, the Netherlands, France, Poland... and countless other interesting places. THE BALANCING SCULPTURES I encountered the artist’s gravity-defying sculptures for the first time in Tomaszowice, as I was looking with my family for interesting manors and mansions to take a closer look at. After Balice with a beautiful palace and a far-too-modest park, we went to Tomaszowice. Let me just say that both the manor and the park were nothing but magnificent, but the park would not be as interesting as it was if it weren’t for the gallery of sculptures by Jerzy Kędziora. I have to admit that seeing the human figures hanging on... or rather balancing on ropes over our heads stopped us dead in our tracks. I experienced something I love the most about great art – I was struck and taken out of reality. Following the...

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