Artworks
Justyna Wiesek
Faces
2015-, batik on cotton
9 pcs, ca 25 x 30 cm each
The series is dedicated to the subject of authority and cultural memory. It consists of a dozen or so cotton batiks, which have been produced continuously since 2015. The batiks of the „Faces” series are set in a monochromatic colour scale and depict human heads emerging from the dark background. These are the portraits of outstanding representatives of Polish culture and art whose creative works influenced the author and provoked reflection.
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Justyna Wiesek
graduated from the Institute of Art History at the University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, from the Painting Studio run by Professor Krzysztof Wachowiak and the Artistic Textile Studio run by Professor Dorota Grynczel.
During her studies, she received three individual awards in a row at the Artistic Textile Studio and participated in various collective exhibitions. In her work, she focusses on oil paintings, batiks that are a kind of primerless paintings and textile techniques such as tapestry and embroidery. The subjects she pays the most attention to are self-reflection and the search for human’s place in the world and society, as well as the positive impact of art on human beings.