Jan BERDYSZAK (1934-2014), Passe - par - tout XIV, 1993-1994

acrylic, canvas pasted on board, 34.5 x 117.5 cm, 28 x 117.5 cm;
signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse: JAN / BER / DYSZ / AK beside: 1993-1994 acrylic [number].
- one of the parts, PASSE-PAR-TOUT XIV [number] - on the other part.

What is between let's say light and shadow, between a painting
and the frame? These are the questions that Jan Berdyszak's work seeks to answer
- an artist who analyzes space and the relationship
between it and the objects placed in it. The painter began with
deconstruction - at first he succumbed to the sub-image, which from rectangular
or square became circular and round, rather unsuitable
suitable for placement in traditional frames. Ca. 1965
the first structural painting with a hole is created, where the
the cutout line does not coincide with the outer perimeter of the work.
The artist then addressed what most people miss
- "light" existing between the work and the frame, that is, the passe-
partout or as the artist wanted pass-par-tout - the transition
towards the whole. Addressing the issue of space, its filling in
or complement, what limits or frees it,
has been a leading theme in Jan Berdyszak's work.
This probably simplified characterization does not take into account the
the entire spectrum of the artist's interests, and the most frequently
spatial compositions presented at auctions
do not exhaust all the forms used to study
space forms which included installations,
sculpture, printmaking, photography and artist's book.