Jerzy TCHÓRZEWSKI

LIGHTS, 1972
Oil, fiberboard; 75 x 54.5 cm
Signed on the reverse: J Tchórzewski / "Lights" / oil
Provenance: from the collection of Leszek Juriewicz and Barbara Majewska-Celnikier
The painting shows Tchórzewski's characteristic vision of an organic, almost cosmic world, in which biological and geological forms meld into a dramatic, metaphysical landscape. It is dominated by brown, rust and blue tones, building up a suggestion of depth, heat and coolness at the same time. From the central part of the composition rises a cluster of vertical, fluid shapes reminiscent of solidified matter or fantastic beings, which seem to pulsate with an inner light. The painterly texture, achieved through the technique of glazing and experiments with the matter of paint, enhances the impression of an organic process - as if the painting were the result of natural, not entirely controlled forces of nature. The work exudes anxiety and mystery, being at the same time a visual metaphor for the transformations and tensions between destruction and creation, light and darkness - themes central to Tchórzewski's spiritual painting.
Asking price 52000
Estimate 65000 - 70000
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