Norman LETO (b. 1980), Soviet Backstory; 2021

oil, panel; 120 x 100 cm
Signed, described and dated on the back: SOVIET/ BACKSTORY, THE/ NORMAN 2021
Provenance: private collection Poland

Works in visual arts, painting, photography, creates video works and 3D animations. His real name is Łukasz Banach. The artistic pseudonym was created while working on one of his projects. The most important thing for the artist is free expression, emotion, and the creative act. His paintings, like his films, are marked by expressionist and figurative features, touch on social themes, but above all autobiographical motifs. The artist's works have been present at exhibitions in Poland and abroad, such as "Jeune création européene" (Paris 2007), "Perfect Summer, New Media Artists" (Gallery Vertexlist, New York 2008), the National Museum in Cracow (2009). They can be found in the collections of: CCA Ujazdowski Castle, National Museum in Krakow, Arsenal Gallery in Bialystok, ING Polish Art Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK) as well as many private collections in Poland and abroad.