100x150 cm, 2021, oil/canvas
Bartosz Iwan's work in oil on canvas is a surreal interpretation of the human body. It is a semi-abstract painting with a human figure against a dark background, depicting a falling man. It is a work that explores the theme of the human condition, weakness, decline or hardship, using abstract forms. Hence the work has many elements alluding to symbolism.
Bartosz Iwan is a painter of the younger generation. He received his master's degree in painting in 2010 in the studio of Professor Łucja Piwowar-Bagińska at the Art Institute in Opole. During his studies, he participated in several group exhibitions around the country. In 2011, he stopped painting and took up graphic design. In 2017, he returned to painting permanently. In his own words, he creates for the love and hatred of man. Several favorite themes are intertwined in his work: the animal nature of humanity, primal, wild instincts, the origin and presence of evil and the self-destruction of man as a species. He often uses symbolism in his works. He lives and works in Warsaw.
