Czeslaw Pius Ciapalo (b. 1942), Opus B-74, February, from the series 'Seasons', 1974

oil, canvas, 35 x 40 cm, signed and inscribed on the rafter: 'PROGRAM SYMPHONY PROJECT | "SEASONS" - FEBRUARY = WINTER' and on the reverse: 'OPUS B-74 - CZYLI | EROTYK LUTOWY - WINTER | PROJECT "PÓTY ROKU" | 11.1974 | CZESŁAW PIUS CIAPAŁO| 35 x 40 cm _OLEJ - 1974'.

God created the world out of chaos. Similarly, the artist organizes the colors in his paintings to obtain a harmonious whole. However, this typically aesthetic whole cannot remain dead. Just as God created man to give meaning to all his work, so Ciapało introduces a life-giving element into his paintings, which in this case is sex. There is unity between the joyful, serene harmony of colors and the erotic subject reduced to a singular shape. This unity here becomes a relation to the world, a recognition of its order and a search for order. The order of the physical reality in which we exist and the biological order, based also on what sex actually is.
Ewa Han, "News," No. 28, Wroclaw, 9.07.1981

Studied and graduated from the Painting Department of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Prof. Aleksander Kobzdej and in the Studio of Problems of Painting in Architecture. In 1968-73 creates figurative works, inspired by eroticism. Later, he creates monumental visual symphonies according to a specific order of ranges and tones - such as the program symphony "Seasons of the Year"/1974. In 1988-89, he worked as a visiting professor at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, USA. Since then there have been series of painting works - illusionist paintings in the "Architectural" series inspired by the modern architecture of the centers of major American cities. He is a professor at the Faculty of Humanities at Podlaska Academy in Siedlce. He has had more than 30 solo exhibitions. Works in collections in Europe, the Americas and Japan.