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The\nfiguration hidden by Abstraction in the works of Krzysztof Konopka<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very\noften Abstract Art is a point of arrival of an impulsive act during\nwhich the artist frees withhelded and sometimes urgent emotions that\nhe feels the need to imprint on the canvas; in other cases instead it\nis a releasing of serene, positive, intense sensations that only\nthrough the language of art can find voice. In the case of the artist\nprotagonist of today the Informal is the starting point to deepen\nwhat is hidden behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe meeting with the\npainting of Krzysztof Konopka, happens late, perhaps because he had\nto wait for the right moment in which the man could find the deepest\ncontact with his own interiority, becoming a desire to free on canvas\nwhat he had become conscious after self-understanding; the spark was\nlited after having completed the journey of Santiago, when, after the\nreturn, he follows the instinct to buy canvases, brushes and colors\nto begin his personal and new journey, by bringing out of the\nchrysalis the artist hidden in the man. The polish Konopka is a\nself-taught artist, trying to narrate on canvas the deepest\nreflections, those that in everyday life is hard to hear because\ncovered by the noise of routine, of the traffic, of the urgency of\nreaching goals that tend to detach the individual from his\nspirituality. Informal is at the same time main protagonist and minor\ncharacter of a figurative that seems to hide, contrary to what\nhappens in reality, seems to be placed in second place to the\nsensations that must instead emerge in a primary way. That\u2019s why\nthe atmosphere clothes and envelops the subjects of Konopka\u2019s\nartworks and at the same time seems to dissolve them, as if the\nartist wanted to enter into their thoughts, their feelings, their\noverharing, communicating and telling them to the observer. So\nsuffused is the figurative image as intense are the colors, and\ndenses are the brushstrokes that crinkle and scratch the surface of\nthe canvas, overlay the emotional chaos with the order of an image\nfaithful to reality that remains however in the background because\nwhat really matters is the deep feeling. The result is a very\nparticular, intense, Abstract Expressionism capable of attracting the\nglance of the observer to go and understand what or who is hiding\nunder that emotional state, behind the scratches and the constant\nmovement of those thoughts that seem to come out of the work itself\nto shout loudly their existence. In artwork Couple<\/em> is\nparticularly evident the link between the two, the deep sharing of\nthe conception of life and dealing with their walk together, hand in\nhand, and Krzysztof Konpka illuminates the painting with light to\ntell the harmony, the serene lightness with which they seem to go\ntowards their future. In She<\/em>, instead, the atmosphere is more\nrarefied, more suffused, more tenuous, as if the protagonist needed\nto collect herself to become aware of her desires, her deepest\nemotions, a sense of nostalgia that can only emerge when she is\nalone, in communication with the deepest self; Konopka choses to\npaint her viewed from her back, revealing strong delicacy and\nsensitivity to a feeling that must be just whispered, which must leak\nlightly just because part of an intimate, reserved break. In the most\nhermetic paintings, those in which the image is not noticeable until\nafter having stopped the glance a little longer, the channel of\ncommunication between the artist and the observer becomes the color,\nit is through the more or less dark or intense tones that Konopka\nreveals what there is beyond the emotional impact, drawing attention\nto an underskin of\u2019the artwork that surprises because it lets you\ndiscover it slowly. In Wolf<\/em> the chromatic range binds to the\nearth, to the mantle of the animal, and the sense of fear that\nusually inspires is somehow placated by the freeze frame almost\nreassuring in the moment in which the artist immortalizes him, as if\nin turn the wolf had stopped to reciprocate the attention that was\nreceiving. Perhaps in this painting is hidden the tendency of\nKrzysztof Konopka to see nature around him as the best resource to\nrediscover spontaneity and the bond with his own interiority, in the\nknowledge that everything, even man, is part of a world to which too\noften he forgets to give due attention. They tell of movement, of\nevolution, of necessary passages in the life of each one to reach all\nof those changes,transformations, that leads to a deeper\nself-knowledge, a more balanced awareness of their emotions precisely\nbecause they are accepted and lived as necessary steps in the path of\nexistence. Konopka likes to call Orapism his painting style, that\nmeans to connect with the rich inner world in the present moment, in\nthe emotion of\u2019now to communicate with greater clarity and\nconscience to those who observe his works. Polish by Piotrk\u00f3w\nTrybunalski, a small town near \u0141\u03ccd\u017a, in its relatively short\ncareer, due to the late approach to painting, has been active in\nseveral important collective exhibition including the Four Seasons\nArt Fair in Amsterdam, the Pallax Art Fair in London, the\ninternational exhibition Single Work in Rome and in October 2019 will\nbe among the artists of the International Biennale and Contemporary\nArt and Design in Florence. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marta Lock<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marta Lock – novelist, aphorist, essayist, art critic, reviewer, sociopsycholog<\/p>\n\n\n\n KRZYSZTOF\nKONOPKA-CONTATTI<\/p>\n\n\n\n Email:\norapizm@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sito\nweb: http:\/\/www.orapizm.art\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Facebook:\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/krzysztof.konopka.7902<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The figuration hidden by Abstraction in the works of Krzysztof Konopka Very often Abstract Art is a point of arrival of an impulsive act during which the artist frees withhelded and sometimes urgent emotions that he feels the need to imprint on the canvas; in other cases instead it is a releasing of serene, positive, … Czytaj dalej The figuration hidden by Abstraction in the works of Krzysztof Konopka<\/span>