Zbigniew Bajek (b. 1958), Untitled
Oil on canvas
Dimensions with frame: 70.3 × 90.3 cm
Signed freehand p.d.: Z.Bajek
On the back signature and address of the studio
Condition: very good
Abstract gestural composition, saturated with color and energy, by Zbigniew Bajek, a Cracow painter, professor and educator. The painting is part of the current of emotional painting, based on intuitive, rhythmic arrangement of color patches and dynamic brushstrokes.
The structure of the painting features forms reminiscent of vertical lines, trusses, scattered traces and impulses, creating a lively, almost musical narrative. The work reflects Bajek's mature style, which operates with a tension between compositional control and spontaneity of gesture.
Zbigniew Bajek (born 1958 in Bochnia) - painter, illustrator, full professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. From 1978-1984 he studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, he received his diploma in the atelier of Professor Zbigniew Grzybowski. Since 1983, he has worked as a lecturer at his alma mater, and currently leads the Interdisciplinary Studio at the Faculty of Painting. In 2012-2020 he headed the Department of Interdisciplinary Artistic Creation. The artist moves on the borderline of painting, object art and installation. His work explores themes of memory, identity, transience and history. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, including Germany, France, Israel, Switzerland, the United States, Japan and Hungary.
