Mikolaj MALESZA (b. 1954), Untitled (Nude)

oil, canvas; 100 x 130 cm;
signed and described on the reverse: MIKOŁAJ MALESZA / "UNTITLED" PART II.
The artist received a diploma with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Interior Design. He is the author of about 80 stage designs. In 2018, he received the "Henry" award of the Board of Directors of the Puppet Theater Section. In 2010, he received the Silver Medal "Meritorious to Culture Gloria Artis", awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
"Painting is a conversation with myself, getting to know what's inside me and what's around me. Painting provides an opportunity for intimate expression or perhaps confession." - Mikolaj Malesza
"I care about the personal active experience and understanding of the painting by those who come into contact with it. If someone asks me the question: what did the author want to say by this?, I answer that it is what is seen. I believe that if someone does not understand the painting, does not know how to experience it, it means that the painting is dead to him, my explanations will not bring it to life." - Mikolaj Malesza
"Malesza's expressionism is a means of serious discourse - describing the world and human situations - with a good will to notice all, even the smallest details. The artist operates an abbreviation, but it is not in the form of a grep, it is a metaphor. The difference is not only terminological - it also refers to the intention. Malesza does not mock the world, but wants to understand it. He also wants to understand himself, he places himself in the first line of his grotesque characters. Expressionism is no longer becoming not just a poetics, but a philosophy of art." - Krzysztof Stanislawski on the painting of Mikolaj Malesza.