Andrzej Szewczyk, 32/1 FROM THE DIARIUS CYCLE, ca. 1981-83

20.0 x 14.5 cm - oak wood, lead dimensions: 20 x 14.5 x 4.5 cm

on the reverse, m.g. inscription: 32/1



The most recognizable and most important theme of his work was the reference to writing, to books. At the beginning of the 1980s, Szewczyk's characteristic works were created from shavings of crayons, later pistachio shells and spatial objects "written" with cast lead: old books or wooden stalls, placed on the floor on pedestals piled with salt. This is how "Monuments to the letters of F. Kafka to F. Bauer," "Basilicas," and "Libraries." Szewczyk's works are not only rooted in cultural tradition and rich in symbolic references, but above all rich in the sensual meanings of the materials used (oak, lead, wax, salt). The ambiguity of these works brings them closer to the artist's assumed ideal of a work of art not as an artistic creation, but "a mirror in which the world is reflected." The titles of his works reveal literary inspirations and fascinations, references to biographies of artists and poets, and dedications (e.g., "Abelard and Heloise," "Tristan and Isolde," "To Malcolm Lowry's Drunkenness").

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Andrzej Szewczyk (Szopienice k. Katowic 1950 - Cieszyn 2001)in the late 1960s was associated with the Cracow art community centered around the Krzysztofory Gallery, he formed friendships with Krzysztof Niemczyk and Tomasz Wawak. In 1974-78 he studied Visual Education at the University of Silesia. Since 1977, he constantly cooperated with Warsaw's Foksal Gallery, where he exhibited many times. He settled permanently in the village of Kaczyce Górne. His diverse oeuvre inspired by poetry and literature provoked viewers to make their own associations. He expressed himself in visual as well as written language. In the early 1980s he also created installations from crayon and pencil cuttings, while his later realizations acquire richer content. He was a representative of conceptual art. He did not live to see the opening of the last exhibition of his works at Poznan's Muzalewska Gallery, which he personally consulted with the organizers. He died shortly before its grand opening.