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Slawek Gruca, Keychain, 2020

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Estimations: 329 - 439 EUR


Slawomir Gruca was born in 1971 in Lubliniec. He graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Higher School of

Pedagogical College in Czestochowa, he graduated with honors in the studio of printmaking. W

initial period of his work he created works in ink, but for a long time he has specialized in the

oil pastel technique, which has since evolved into his own technique. The artist

presents his works in several galleries at home and abroad, as well as in his own author's gallery.

He is the winner of many art competitions, including the Satyrykon in Legnica. In addition to his purely

painting, the artist designs book covers, creates posters as well as theater stage designs. Among his

regular recipients include the Fronteras Inútiles Theater of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Adam

Mickiewicz Theater in Częstochowa, Muza SA, as well as the Turkish publishing house Aylak Adam, which has already published

already more than a dozen books with the artist's covers. Slawek Gruca's works are in the possession of a large number of

collectors at home and abroad, while the artist himself willingly supports various charity auctions

charity auctions. In 2018, Slawek Gruca's painting "Family Portrait" appeared as the subject of one of the

Polish high school graduation questions.

Slawek Gruca creates paintings that are emotional and thrilling at the same time, playing with symbolism,

meaning and, above all, ambiguities. Oil works created by Gruca are a plethora of

reflections on who or what man and his world - or rather, his worlds - are. The stories

depicted in the paintings seem to be universal and pertain to each of us or most of us.

Events and stories that happen to people in their interpersonal, cognitive and emotional lives

- Not easy, ambiguous, human. The mood is built around the characters depicted in the

works but also with them. Milder ones seem more dramatic at a second glance,

The dramatic ones, on the other hand, on closer acquaintance, allow themselves to be tamed and see their softer face. Sadness,

ridicule, fear, love and tears - all perfectly coupled, orchestrated into one important story.

Combining different moods is, in a way, a specialty of this artist. Gruca's works evoke

various feelings, but it is impossible to remain indifferent to them. The artist himself does not like to comment

about his work, he believes that his commentary on his work is unnecessary, as the artist finishes

his work the moment he puts down the materials. From then on, the work lives a life of its own, arousing the

viewer's feelings and encouraging him to discover his own world through or in the world depicted

in the painting. He has high expectations of himself and, as he says, in order to want to paint one must strive to

to live up to them. He looks for inspiration, or rather, he stumbles upon it in his own environment -

people, events and even words spoken in his presence.

Auction
Nude, Erotica and Fine Painting
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Date
29 January 2022 CET/Warsaw
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219 EUR
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329 - 439 EUR
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Nude, Erotica and Fine Painting
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