Free Spirit, ceramic, glazed porcelain, dimensions:35 x 38 x 32cm, unsigned, 2020
ARTIST ABOUT THE SCULPTURE:
The sculpture depicts a man in a deformed form, enslaved, deprived of his hands and power of action, deprived of the ability to decide for himself and his fate, but with a trickle of gilded spirit oozing onto the hunched, shrunken figure. The work is a commentary to reality, to the political changes to which we do not consent, a response to the powerlessness of our contemporaries in the face of the increasingly dehumanized "norms" imposed on us. It reminds us of the existence of a free spirit.
THE ARTIST ABOUT THE SCULPTURE:
The sculpture depicts a human being in a deformed form, enslaved, deprived of his hands and power of action, deprived of the ability to decide about himself and his fate, but with a trickle of gilded spirit oozing over the hunched, shrunken figure. The work is a commentary to reality, to the political changes to which we do not consent, a response to the powerlessness of our contemporaries in the face of the increasingly dehumanized "norms" imposed on us. It reminds us of the existence of a free spirit.
THE ARTIST ABOUT HERSELF:
Barbara Bednarowicz, born in 1984. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2012 she graduated with honours from Prof. Adam Myjak's studio at the Department of Sculpture.
I look for inspiration in people. Studying human nature, observing corporeality, I want to talk about spirituality. I am interested in the contradiction of the image that man creates for the external world and the emotionality and complexity of the internal image. Sometimes I use deformation, grotesque or abstract image of a man.
I create sculptures, installations and objects, most often using material close to human like: porcelain, clay, earth, concrete and stone.
