a4, silkscreen, 2021
From the author:
Contemporary Icon, 2021, Cieszyn. Digital print depicting a contemporary image of Mary shedding tears over the current times and the surrounding world. The watercolor stains are a form of shed tears. The stamps of the herbs from which the halo is created and the graphics of the flowers symbolize nature, from which people are very distant these days. The whole composition, with its message, gives us to think whether there is a point in chasing only what is material and moving away from nature and what is human. I created the graphic elements by mixing different techniques - spots painted in watercolor, clippings from an old book, watercolor prints of leaves from a handmade stamp (eraser). Then all the elements were scanned and combined into a whole in the form of digital graphics. The whole is kept in monochrome tones. In addition, I attach a print of the graphic on fabric (framed) in a4 format. I made it using screen printing technique, also keeping the black and white color scheme.
Aleksandra Mączka
Born 17.04.1998 in Jastrzebie-Zdrój.
Contact with art has accompanied me since childhood, I have always been curious about the unreal and surreal. It has remained so to this day, in each work appears this deviation from reality - which is ideally allowed by art.
I graduated from technical school on the profile of Advertising Organization and creation of advertising campaigns. There began my beginnings with graphics, but in a more applied orientation. Then I took up studies at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, studying Art Education in the field of fine arts. I developed my workshop mainly in the studio of ceramics, stained glass and artistic graphics. I also chose the glass and stained glass studios in the creation of my diploma while pursuing my bachelor's degree. I was inspired to the world of glass and colorful stained glass thanks to Dr. Katarzyna Pyka. I graduated in September 2022. My first and most rewarding job was creating applied graphics, used for printing on mosaics and tiles. I currently work at a private school, teaching art classes. However, I do not forget about free creativity and develop my workshop at home.
