If there were an organizing principle to be found in Sawka’s - TopicsExpress

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If there were an organizing principle to be found in Sawka’s imagery, however, it would have to be the diverse variety of portraits that adorn the surfaces of his highly intricate sculptures, prints and paintings. Often wrapped or bound, physically quarantined from the outside world via rope and other framed apparati, these trussed figures signify the image of oppression. Often anonymous, they represent neither one individual nor many but the collective face of society at large, along with its hypocritical affectations of structure and rule, freedom and sovereignty, individual versus communal thought. These polarizing forces are not only externally inflicted but internally driven, as seen in numerous of Sawka’s psychologically charged poster designs and prints from the 1980s, works that coincide with his time as an artist in residence at the Pratt Manhattan Center and his native Poland’s anti-Communist Solidarity period. A quote from the essay by Kara L. Rooney, which comprises the text of the catalog for the Reflections on Everyman: The Work of Jan Sawka

Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:22:58 +0000

If there were an organizing principle to be found in Sawka’s - TopicsExpress

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