Adam MYJAK (b. 1947), Portrait X , 2015

Terracotta; 26 x 24 x 43 cm;
Signed on back: AM (engraved).

The head motif, which is characteristic of Myjak's work, appeared in the early period of his career. The sculptor transformed this object of creative interest over the years and subjected it to various stylistic treatments. Anna Podsiadły, curator of the exhibition Adam Myjak - Sculpture, wrote about his works as follows: "While the content remains unchanged, the actions within the form change. He moves the features, deforms them, subjects them to an internal whirlpool, blending scars and cracks into the matter of the sculpture. At other times, he works with a polished, rounded, smooth surface. These are forms frozen in a moment of metamorphosis before final crystallization."
Myjak's works are saturated with a great deal of expansiveness, close to the current of the so-called New Figuration of the 1970s, they create cycles with ambiguous, allusive content, open to interpretation. The artist pays special attention to solid and color, or, as he says, "the skin of the sculpture." At a time when anything can be a material, he, traditionally, uses stone, clay, bronze and wood. The artist has never been interested in politically engaged, instructive, ridiculing or critical art. He drew much of his inspiration from the poetry of Stanisław Barańczak, Adam Zagajewski or Krzysztof Karasek.