Acrylic on canvas, 100x130 cm, signed on the back "Z. Skrętek '19"
Zuzanna Skrętek born 2.11.1995 in Starachowice. Visual artist, graphic designer, photographer, painter. Master of Arts. She completed her diploma with Dean's Honors and the highest average at the Faculty of Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She developed her specialties in the Studio of Book Design and Digital Publications of Prof. Maciej Buszewicz and the Studio of Lithography of Prof. Blazej Ostoi_x001E_Lniski. She has received multiple academic scholarships. Currently, she creates and works in Warsaw. She is developing her studio and brand. She paints, photographs, designs clothes, creates illustrations and graphic designs. She looks for answers, shapes and colors in the reality around her, turning her surroundings into an endless base of inspiration. She has developed her own key, which she uses to create:
See - Think - Analyze - Extract - Decompose - Process - Simplify - See.
In her work, she focuses on exploring the relationship between form, content and color. She dresses her problems and thoughts in figures and signs that are understandable to her, but create an abstract image for the viewer, a result of her constant fear of emotional exhibitionism. In contrast, giving titles is a desire to face it. The constant struggle with weaknesses results in strength in the long-term process of taking off the mask in front of the world.
"Understatements" is a series of paintings dedicated to the need to face oneself. Re-experiencing certain moments anew and trying to complete them with the creation of works. Unsaid words, gestures and situations do not allow to go further, and attempts to confront reality cause even more chaos. The unspoken and the conceived. Analysis. The desire for freedom. Images end a stage and open another, and are themselves encrypted. The mask of everyday life and the fear of another externalization of the self. The dressing of problems and thoughts in figures and signs, understood only by the author, and creating an abstract image for the viewer, are the result of a constant fear of emotional exhibitionism. On the other hand, giving titles is a willingness to face it. The constant struggle with weaknesses results in strength in the long process of taking off the mask in front of the world.
