​Izabela Kowalczyk

Paintings, 2008 - 2012

 

The common ground between my paintings and my objects is a balance between a still recognisable motif and pure plastic form.

They are above all formal, although something of the figurative remains in them.

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The starting point of an abstract image very often comes from figurative forms, brought on by everyday reality. I am convinced that a real abstraction does not exist beyond of its idea. More than in abstraction, I am interested in the oddity of the received form, the multiplicity of senses which it evokes.

 

Chance plays an important part in my work. At the beginning I have a very general idea of what I want to do. I start by putting some pieces of paper on the floor and I observe what happens. Often the process is long. If I am perceptive, sometimes something happens. The image lets itself be followed and, slowly, something appears.