Krzysztof Gliszczyński (1962), Shadow, charcoal drawing on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2009.
Artwork information:Krzysztof Gliszczyński (1962), Shadow, charcoal drawing on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2009. Expressive charcoal drawing on paper. Very good state of preservation. A work of extraordinary emotional charge. A human figure emerges from the tangle of lines. The drawings are a separate, very important theme in the artist's work. Their large, often monumental dimensions, place them in a number of autonomous works in K.Gliszczyński's oeuvre. Work signed.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński (1962) studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts (now the Academy of Fine Arts) in Gdansk at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts from 1982-87 in Prof. Hugo Lasecki's painting basics studio and Prof. Kazimierz Ostrowski's graduation studio. He received the title of professor in 2011. In 1995-2002 he was the founder and co-manager of the "Kolo" Gallery in Gdansk. Originator of the Kazimierz Ostrowski Prize awarded to artists by ZPAP in Gdansk. He works at his alma mater. Served as Dean of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in 2008-2012 and as Vice-Rector for Development and Cooperation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in 2012-2016. Creates painting, drawing, spatial objects and video. Currently leads the 3rd Studio of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. In 2023, he presented his works at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw in an exhibition entitled Color and Paint. Krzysztof Gliszczyński & Tadeusz Gustaw Wiktor. Krzysztof Gliszczynski's work is firmly rooted in the European tradition of painting, understood both as an artistic discipline, but also as a craft with the characteristics of an archetype in culture. The expression of the work ranges from an emotional, jittery line or a surface saturated with color, to symbolic geometric forms cemented by the conceptual construct of the cultural universe. The narrative carried out by the artist equally refers to the work in its autonomy, as well as to the human condition in its cultural and historical variability. The techniques used range from ancient encaustic techniques to ready-made installations and video projections. Encaustic is a painting technique involving the use of paints in a beeswax binder, sometimes with the addition of drying oils to increase the fluidity of the paint. It was used in ancient Greece and Rome. The artist's exhibition in Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery in 2023 and his achievements to date position the artist's work high on the art market's investment quotations.
