Edward DWURNIK (1943-2018), Painting No. 82 - from the series: Blue, 1992

oil, canvas; 110 x 130 cm;
On the reverse, author's description: 14.-18.XI 92 / E.DWURNIK / 82 (in circle) 1859 (in rectangle) / XX (in square) / Blue.

PROVENANCE:
- Zderzak Gallery, Cracow, Poland;
- Private collection, Poland.
EXHIBITED:
Edward Dwurnik. Błękitne / Blue, Zderzak Gallery, Cracow, 16.06-17.07.1993.
LITERATURE:
Dwurnik. Inventory of Painterly Works, (ed.) Pola Dwurnik, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog
Edward Dwurnik. Painting. An Attempt at a Retrospective, (08.09-07.10.2001), Blue Cycle (1975-1991), item 82, no. 1859.

The first half of the 1990s, which includes the years of cooperation with the Zderzak Gallery in Cracow (1992-1995), is the so-called Blue period in the painter's work. As part of the "Hitchhiking" series, "Blue Cities" (1993-1994) are created at that time, depicting European metropolises such as London, Paris, Stuttgart and Barcelona. In 1992-1997 Dwurnik worked on the "Blue" series - semi-abstract seascapes. The works depicted completely different from his previous figurative compositions, highly simplified, synthesized sea views in the title blue tones and in very large sizes. Anna Maria Potocka writes in Dwurnik's exhibition catalog: "These landscapes, which fall into abstraction and even reach horizontal linearity, are an old-fashioned aesthetic. They are a synthesis of the real image and can convey its beauty." The formal inspiration for painting this series came from the act of cleaning the painting from fresh paint in such a way that streaks were created. Photographs from vacations to the Baltic Sea were used as sketches. The artist later continued his abstract representation of the world in another series of Tasist paintings under the title Twenty-fifth. (Maria Anna Potocka, Unexpected release of painting, Thanks Jackson. Dwurnik 2001-2004, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, 2004; excerpt from text by K. Sienkiewicz - culture.pl)