Objects in the gallery

The GSW (formerly BWA), which has been operating in the city since 1976, is primarily associated with painting by the average citizen, as this particular art genre is most frequently exhibited and therefore well-known. Meanwhile, contemporary art is constantly evolving and employs new means of expression. One of these are objects, three-dimensional, original creations, often an extension of traditional sculpture. They can be made from a variety of materials, not necessarily precious or durable. They also don't have to refer to space in a traditional way and provoke the question, "What did the artist mean?" In his own text about his art, Jarzy Grochowski wrote: "An artist creates consciously and at the same time unconsciously; the meaning of his work is not fully understood by him, nor by the viewer. Therefore, a true work of art carries infinite possibilities of interpretation, and the idea determines the value of the work. (...) I see a great similarity in the evaluation between an artist and a surgeon. If we are looking for a good surgeon, it should be one who "conjures" the operation with his own hands, and the patient's "soul" will be contained within the patient's body. A good surgeon is not a brilliant theoretician, but someone who skillfully wields his hands under the dictates of reason. Doesn't an artist's work come into being in a similar way?"

I encourage you to view this challenging exhibition and try your own interpretation of the objects on display.

Jerzy Grochocki.

Jerzy Grochocki was born in 1931. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology in 1957, and then from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1963. He has participated in approximately 100 solo and group exhibitions, and his works are in museums and private collections in Europe and the United States. He is the founder of the painting group "Grupa7," which exhibited in Warsaw (1967) and Herning and Archus (1968). Over the years, he has been inspired by various trends. Immediately after graduation, he created a series of paintings: "Landscapes," "Still Life," "Figuration Compositions," and "Impressions." The artist then turned his attention to Constructivism. In 1977, at the "Congress of Visual Text" in Warsaw, he presented his unique visual language, which was the result of an analysis of color, space, and the image plane. In the years 1978-84 he was associated with the System Art movement in Europe and

with his artistic groups. During this time, he created mathematical numerical sequences, which became the inspiration for many of his compositions. He also created photomontages, random-form collages, and modular spatial objects. Since 1984, he has lived and worked in the United States.