Roland Kościółek, Neo Lady, 2023

glazed ceramic, 31 x 23 cm

31 x 23 x 14 cm, signed: stamp ROKO from inside (1100-1200PLN)RESCULTS FOR AUCTIONBorn on 17.07.1988 in Rzeszów. Graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (2019) and the Faculty of Interior Design at PWSW in Przemyśl (2013). The graduation sculpture as part of the award was exhibited at the Palace of Art at Szczepanski Square in Krakow, and then purchased by the Westerplatte Museum in Gdansk, where we can still see it as part of the permanent exhibition. In the "Painting, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture of the Year 2019/2020" competition, he was awarded the prize of the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Province, and also participated in the international competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic, which finally ended with a post-competition exhibition, and in the "4th Student Biennial of Small Sculptural Forms 2017" and a post-competition exhibition in Cracow. He participated in an international plein-air workshop in Imatra, Finland, as well as a sculpture plein-air workshop at the "Ćmielów" porcelain factory. He has also participated in more than a dozen group exhibitions, and his works are in private collections in Poland and abroad.In my work, mental and emotional states, and existential problems, which are closely related to them, are primarily important to me. The works often speak about uncomfortable and silent subjects, which are hard to talk about and difficult to discuss. I try to capture through physical form, the metaphysical essence of human life. No less important in my sculptures or prints is also heritage, its wide field of interpretation, as well as its evolution and de-evolution. It is also important to me to create a unique bond between the artist, the work, and the viewer, which is unique to each individual relationship and which presupposes an infinite diversity of perception. The techniques he uses most often are destruction and deconstruction, corrosion, synthesis and transformation. The materials in which I find myself are metal (steel wire), ceramics, resin, artificial stone and sprays. In sculptures, figuration and its transformation, realism and surrealism can most often be observed. With drawing, on the other hand, it is a little different, as it contains more metaphor and less literalism. However, what both fields have in common is a broad interpretation of the reality around us, showing it in a variety of ways using a variety of formal means.