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I am interested in folklore, allegories, religion, the rites and beliefs, as well as superstitions and taboos. The major event that affected me beyond a personal level was living through Chernobyl's nuclear disaster, "…a disaster which will be with the world for generations as radioactive particles are carried across boundaries by wind and water, flora and fauna. The area surrounding Chernobyl will be uninhabitable for 25,000 years." All of my interests have led me to the exploration of the devastating effect of mankind's self-destructing nature, hope, and nihilism, the effects and emotions we experience universally.A lot of my work demonstrates physical and emotional pain and violence. Reason for my armless figures is to express helplessness and hopelessness. I also use the nude figure and facial expressions to portray purity and vulnerability to obscenity. Whether it is possible to decipher a single meaning to my works or not, I myself still wonder at times. I create art to make an impact through the three dimensional figurative shape and form they suggest on our feelings, not necessarily with their content on our intellect. Clay is my medium to provoke the thoughts and feelings of my audience and they may draw their own conclusions and interpretations on my art based on their visual experience. Although I like to believe in what Rene' Magritte once said, "people who look for symbolic meanings fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the image." I would hate to categorize my art into surrealism or any other style of art. I am simply defending the right to apply my imagination freely. I prefer to disassociate myself from traditional aesthetic evaluations. I approach my work very aggressively. When I begin I never really know what the end result will be like. Personally I have a very equivocal feeling about my work. I go by words of J.L. Borges in that "intelligence is closer to doubting than to nodding in agreement", and I do doubt most of my work. I doubt while creating, and no doubt- I doubt when I am finished! I like to question everything. In my eyes I am always far from success, but I am hopeful.

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Phantasmagoria: Art of Greta Zakrzewska“What’s important is not what is visible but what is hidden…Or in other words, what is revealed to the soul, not what the eyes can see and what can be named.” Zdzislaw Beksinski.
I am interested in folklore, allegories, religion, the rites and beliefs, as well as superstitions and taboos. The major event which affected me beyond a personal level was living through Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster, “…a disaster which will be with the world for generations as radioactive particles are carried across boundaries by wind and water, flora and fauna. The area surrounding Chernobyl will be uninhabitable for 25,000 years.” All of my interests have led me to the exploration of the devastating effect of mankind’s self-destructing nature, hope, and nihilism, the effects and emotions we experience universally.The ambivalence between symbolic hints I use in my art and questioning ‘meaning’ is what drives me to create more art to learn from and understand the origin of the subconscious mind. I would hate to categorize my art into surrealism or any other style of art. I am simply defending the right to apply my imagination freely. I need to disassociate myself from traditional aesthetic evaluations. I create art to make an impact through the three dimensional figurative shape and form they suggest on our feelings, not necessarily always with their content on our intellect. I try to illustrate expectations not only of the outside world but a spiritual and psychological world- are we the product of our environment? A lot of my work demonstrates physical and emotional pain and violence. Reason for my armless figures is to express helplessness and hopelessness. Whether it is possible to decipher a single meaning to my works or not, I myself still wonder at times. I enjoy the process of creating. With nothing more but a nude figure, I am able to express so much from purity and vulnerability to obscenity. And who is really to judge the morals and values of my created characters, but the viewer him or herself.
Personally I have a very equivocal feeling about my work. I go by words of J.L. Borges in that “intelligence is closer to doubting than to nodding in agreement”, and I do doubt most of my work. I doubt while creating, and no doubt- I doubt when I am finished! I like to question everything. In my eyes I am always far from success, but I am hopeful. I find the inexplicable occurrences of nature such as mutations and abnormalities fascinating yet horrifying. In my art I want to share universal and timeless expressions acquired from life’s experiences. Most of those include an inner struggle and battle of reasoning, all of which are derived from recognition and interpretations of the subconscious thinking.

I can not find adequate way to describe my work in words. Choices are half chance; I am a strong believer of luck. I approach my work very aggressively. When I begin I never really know what the end result will be like. I have no need to reinvent the wheel, being ‘famous’ is definitely not a goal. My art is not meant to be clever, witty, or outrageous. Rene’ Magritte once said “people who look for symbolic meanings fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the image.” Looking at Hieronymus Bosch’s grotesque forms and creatures panel paintings or at Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa’s smile, mystery remains in all outstanding works of art. If we were to understand and learn the unknown, the mystery, most likely what is captivating about the masterpiece would forever be minified. I see my work incomprehensible, whimsical, but interesting.Meaning I refuse to comment on. Illustrating ideas, feelings and concepts is art. By using familiar themes of nude figures and facial expressions I want my audience to draw their own conclusions and personal interpretation on the subject based from the visual experience.