December 12, 2008 - January 30, 2009
The exhibition presented here is the first posthumous showing of Jacek Sienicki's painting to take place in Warsaw. It represents a selection of the artist's key works from those series of works that may be considered the most characteristic of his style. Sienicki consistently painted several particular motifs, selected from his nearest surroundings, such as the interior of his studio, portraits, the walls of houses and numerous still life studies – scraps of meat, withered flowers and the skulls and jaw bones of various animals. Observation of nature through the prism of past experience led the artist to his own characteristic painting solutions. In his predominantly subdued palette of colours, it is only here and there that we glimpse flashes of livelier colour in the represented matter. His impasto application of the paint is often juxtaposed with areas where paint layers have been scrubbed back down to the very canvas. Drawing too was an important and ever present element of Sienicki's works. This exhibition also includes selected works on paper from such series as: Holocaust, Ruins and Shot Dead. In the above mentioned, formally diverse series, the artist borrowed from history, not only as a witness of a city's destruction during the Warsaw Uprising (Ruins), but also on the basis of photographic evidence (Holocaust) and more current political events, as in the case of the miners killed during the strike in the Wujek coal mine in 1981 (Shot Dead). All the works presented come from Wanda Sienicka's private collection. The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive illustrated catalogue that includes a critique by Małgorzata Kitowska-Łysiak.
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Wall of a house II, 1959
Wall of a house II, 1959
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Wall of a house, 1962
Wall of a house, 1962
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Wall of a house IV, 1960
Wall of a house IV, 1960
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Studio interior, 1970
Studio interior, 1970
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Interior, 1999
Interior, 1999
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Studio interior, 1980
Studio interior, 1980
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Studio interior, 1989
Studio interior, 1989
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Studio interior with chair, 1990
Studio interior with chair, 1990
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Studio interior with bright trail, 1990
Studio interior with bright trail, 1990
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Studio interior with red pot, 1990
Studio interior with red pot, 1990
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Studio interior with table, 1992
Studio interior with table, 1992
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Window with pink wall, 2000
Window with pink wall, 2000
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Skull, 1984
Skull, 1984
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Skull, 1998
Skull, 1998
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Skull, 1980
Skull, 1980
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Skull, 1999
Skull, 1999
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Still life with meat, 1996
Still life with meat, 1996
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Still life with meat, 1995
Still life with meat, 1995
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Meat, 1981
Meat, 1981
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Still life with meat, 1999
Still life with meat, 1999
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Still life with meat, 1999
Still life with meat, 1999
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Still life with meat, 1990
Still life with meat, 1990
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Offal on sheets of paper, 1983
Offal on sheets of paper, 1983
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Half a pig's snout, 1981
Half a pig's snout, 1981
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Still life with meat, 1999
Still life with meat, 1999
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Still life with meat, 1994
Still life with meat, 1994
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Still life with meat, 1998
Still life with meat, 1998
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Offal in pot, 2000
Offal in pot, 2000
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Still life with blue pot, 2000
Still life with blue pot, 2000
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Black bottles, 1997
Black bottles, 1997
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Still life with white pot, 1998
Still life with white pot, 1998
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Still life with blue pot, 1999
Still life with blue pot, 1999
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Still life with bottle and pot, 2000
Still life with bottle and pot, 2000
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Still life with bottles, 1998
Still life with bottles, 1998
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Still life with white pot, 1998
Still life with white pot, 1998
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Still life with black bottle, 1990
Still life with black bottle, 1990
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Still life with a flower on a blue background, 1999
Still life with a flower on a blue background, 1999
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Still life with three dry flowers, 2000
Still life with three dry flowers, 2000
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Still life with rubber plant, 1990
Still life with rubber plant, 1990
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Still life with a flower on a gold background, 2000
Still life with a flower on a gold background, 2000
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Dry flowers, 1992
Dry flowers, 1992
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Begonia, 1995
Begonia, 1995
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Rubber plant with a yellow leaf, 1998
Rubber plant with a yellow leaf, 1998
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Head, 1990
Head, 1990
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Head, 1990
Head, 1990
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Window, 1989
Window, 1989
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Window with a view on a red roof, 1990
Window with a view on a red roof, 1990
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View of roofs from a window, 1990
View of roofs from a window, 1990
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Roofs in winter, 1990
Roofs in winter, 1990
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View of a house and roofs, 1997
View of a house and roofs, 1997
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Roofs, 1990
Roofs, 1990
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Landscape, 1990
Landscape, 1990
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Roofs, 1990
Roofs, 1990
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Grey wall, 1990
Grey wall, 1990
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Walls of houses, 1990
Walls of houses, 1990
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Head, 2000
Head, 2000
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Prison camp, 1950
Prison camp, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Trains, 1950
Trains, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Untitled, 1950
Untitled, 1950
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Black wall, 1950
Black wall, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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Wall of a house, 1950
Wall of a house, 1950
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13.12.81, 1982
13.12.81, 1982
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3/8/`82, 1982
3/8/`82, 1982
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Untitled, 1982
Untitled, 1982
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Untitled,, 2000
Untitled,, 2000
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Untitled, 2000
Untitled, 2000
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Untitled, 2000
Untitled, 2000
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Flower, 1996
Flower, 1996
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