Marian Lorek, "Memento" 60x57cm own technique, board, oil paints.
MARIAN LOREK - BORN IN WROCLAW. HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN OIL PAINTING SINCE HE WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD, EARLIER IN DRAWING. HAS HAD SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN MANY CITIES, INCLUDING WARSAW, KRAK, KATOWICE, CHRZANÓW, KŁODZKO, KLUCZBORK, OLEŚNICA, DŁUGOŁĘKA, SOBÓTKA (MUSEUM) AND AT A GROUP EXHIBITION INIESBADEN (GERMANY). IN BRESLAU, EXHIBITIONS WERE ORGANIZED IN SUCH PLACES AS - JOURNALIST'S CLUB, LITERATURE AND ART CLUB, BRESLAU FORMAT CLUB, AGORA GALLERY, ENTROPIA AND MANY OTHERS, AS WELL AS HOUSES OF CULTURE. ONE OF THE WORKS IN THE EARLIER ARTISTIC ACTIVITY, WAS QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS OF THE NATIONAL NON-PROFESSIONAL ART WITH AN EXHIBITION IN BROCŁAW BWA GALLERY. ANOTHER WORK GOT INTO THE TOP ONE HUNDRED BEST PAINTINGS IN THE COUNTRY, IN A COMPETITION ORGANIZED BY THE ART BUSINESS MONTHLY. SEVERAL TIMES THE ARTIST'S PAINTINGS WERE PRESENTED IN THE NATIONAL WEEKLY AGORA. BETWEEN 2012 AND 2015, THE ARTIST RAN A HALF-AUTHOR GALLERY IN THE SKY TOWER IN WROCLAW. THE PAINTINGS PRESENTED BY THE ARTIST ARE LARGELY SURREALIST WITH A TOUCH OF HYPERREALISM AND POP ART. THE PAINTINGS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY GREAT DEPTH OF BACKGROUND AND EXPRESSIVENESS OF COLORS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF THE PAINTINGS, WHICH DURING THE CREATIVE SEARCH WERE PAINTED ON VELVET, HENCE THE TERM - AMONG OTHERS. VELVET SURREALISM, WHICH HAS ALREADY FOUND A PERMANENT PLACE ON WEBSITES AND IN THE SUBJECT OF SURREALISM ITSELF. FOR SOME TIME NOW THE ARTIST HAS ALSO BEEN PAINTING WITH ACRYLICS OR COMBINING ACRYLIC AND OIL IN HIS PAINTINGS, AS WELL AS USING OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT SURPRISE WITH THEIR FINAL EFFECT, USING A LOT OF GLAZING, WHICH CAUSES THE COLORS TO INTERMINGLE, CREATING A MULTI-LAYERED DEPTH TO THE PAINTING. THROUGH THIS, THE PAINTING BECOMES VERY LUXURIOUS, HENCE THE NAME PROPOSED BY THE ARTIST AS LUXURIOUS PAINTING, OR - "LUX ART". THESE ARE EXPLORATIONS THAT EVERY PAINTER HAS IN NATURE. RECENTLY, ART CHIMERA GALLERY FROM KATOWICE AND PIOTR UZNANSKI GALLERY FROM LODZ, AS WELL AS BROCŁAW ART AND PRINTS GALLERY AND PS GALLERY FROM GDYNIA HAVE STARTED COOPERATION WITH THE ARTIST. TWO OF THE ARTIST'S PAINTINGS ARE IN THE LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS IN POLAND AND EUROPE OF GRAZYNA AND JACKO ŁOZOWSKI. THE WORKS CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION AT THE "PLASTYCZNA" RESTAURANT IN WROCLAW (BETWEEN THE BRIDGES OF PEACE AND GRUNWALDZKI) AND AT ORGANIZED EXHIBITIONS, TO WHICH WE INVITE YOU.
