A time for disengagement?
There are times in the hectic world of digital media when I crave disengagement and I strive for something more poetic. My career and day-to-day work can seem like a frantic scramble to realise the potential of my activities before I need to move on to the next thing. As a result I often find little space to pause for contemplation and reverie.
As a student studying Fine Art the activity of painting was a mechanism to allow my imagination time to wander. Today I achieve this through the paintings of Andrzej Jackowski. Jackowski has a new exhibition opening at the Purdy Hicks Gallery on the 12 September 2007.
Andrzej’s paintings don’t reveal themselves easily; they take concentration, time and above all ‘headspace’. These are some of his most powerful and intimate works for quite while and harsh, backlit computer screens are not really the best medium through which to engage with them so I recommend seeing them ‘in the flesh’ if you can.
Sisters with Albums, oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm 
Sanatorium II, oil on canvas, 44 x 52 cm 
City and Rat, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
You can view more of Andrzej Jackowski’s work at www.jackowski.co.uk
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