“The Abakans were a kind of bridge between me and the outside world. I could surround myself with them; I could create an atmosphere in which I somehow felt safe because they were my world.” Magdalena Abakanowicz. Tate Modern offers a rare opportunity to explore an extraordinary body of...
he Baroque period, spanning from the late 16th century to the mid-18th century, was a time of intense artistic and cultural development in Europe. In Poland, this era was marked by the rise of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which fostered the flourishing of various art forms....
A coffin portrait (Polish: Portret trumienny) was a realistic portrait of the deceased person put on coffins for the funeral and one of the elements of the castrum doloris, but removed before the burial. It became a tradition to decorate coffins of deceased nobles (szlachta)...
A Collaborative Exploration of Polish Baroque Coffin Portraits by Karolina Skorek and Polish Baroque Specialist's- a BleSky Collaboration Idea Project Overview: "Unveiling the Past" is a collaborative exploration of Polish Baroque coffin portraits by renowned contemporary artist Karolina Skorek and a leading Polish Baroque specialist. This...
Stanisław Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was a Polish philosopher, writer, and artist who is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Witkiewicz’s philosophy is characterised by its rejection of traditional metaphysics and its emphasis on the importance of subjective experience and intuition...
Formism (previously known as the Polish expressionism), was a modern art movement active in from 1917 to 1922, proclaiming a departure from Realism, and the solidification of the superiority of form over content. Its beginnings were associated with exhibitions of independent artists organised by Zbigniew Pronaszko...
Etching is an intaglio graphic technique, as well as a print obtained with this technique. The etching technique was invented at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, and it was popularized in the 16th century. This technique is based on the execution of...
V&A might be one of my favourite spaces in London. Anytime I feel loosing inspiration I go wonder around the corridors of this vast building, revisiting "old friends" (art etc) and finding new ones. This time I found myself in the Jewellery room, and the one...
According to Artemidorus, the material for his work was gathered during lengthy travels through Greece, Italy and Asia, from diviners of high and low station. Another major source were the writings of Artemidorus' predecessors, sixteen of whom he cites by name. It is clear he...
Sleep is a very common human condition. We sleep every day, taking ten deep rests without a third of our life. It is something so ordinary, so regularly written into the daily one that if we do not suffer from any of its disorders, we...