Collection

As in nearly all artworks by Jadwiga Sawicka, words on the canvas trigger associations with glossy magazine headlines or soap opera episode summaries. The artist arranged her trademark lettering somewhat clumsily against a pale-pink background showing traces of brush or spatula strokes. This rendition deprives the quoted words of their original context; any glamour or successful individual is absent: paint-spattered canvas is all there is. Mass media quotes remain in contrast to discreet traditional canvas painting. Out of the blue, words take on new power, expressing emotion and allowing individual interpretation.

Painter, creator of objects, installations and photographs. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where she studied in Prof. Jerzy Nowosielski’s studio. She began with expressive pieces, becoming consistent in combining text with image since the 1990s, quoting the TV, press, and internet. Deprived of their original context, all become apt commentaries on public ambience. Her works, such as We Won, They Cried, and Obedient, have been produced as canvases, billboards, wallpaper, posters, and book covers. Sawicka has also created series of clothing, floral and cosmetic renditions with fictitious advertising slogans. She frequently collaborates with Marek Horwat on photographic and graphic projects. Winner of the Jan Cybis Award (2013) and Katarzyna Kobro Award (2016). She lives and works in Przemyśl.