Hi, I'm Henryk Gostynski!

In my artwork I am interested in the l’informe, an open, unfinished work. Need for the unfinishedand imperfect; a form that is halfway between destruction and rebirth. For me, the matter, its strength and biological nature, creates, but can also destroy and deconstruct. Its creation, trans- formation into a new, different world is the most important reason behind creativity; it is the embodiment of life and death – an apocalyptic vision of the world (my world). In my works I strive to connect worlds, ńśółóśćthat only seem to appear co- tradictory. Hybrid forms are the result of the collision of what’s universally known: biological, animal and human – with a reality that is distinctly unrecognizable and unconscious. Nameless forms, characters defined by both fragility as well as a strong need to survive. Non–ns are halfway between destruction and rebirth. A particularly important practice used by me in the process of creation is “daydreaming”, the moment when the dream world comes into contact with the real world. My forms make for a balancing act of sleep and reality, abstraction and figuration.

Hi, I'm Henryk Gostynski!

In my artwork I am interested in the l’informe, an open, unfinished work. Need for the unfinishedand imperfect; a form that is halfway between destruction and rebirth. For me, the matter, its strength and biological nature, creates, but can also destroy and deconstruct. Its creation, trans- formation into a new, different world is the most important reason behind creativity; it is the embodiment of life and death – an apocalyptic vision of the world (my world). In my works I strive to connect worlds, ńśółóśćthat only seem to appear co- tradictory. Hybrid forms are the result of the collision of what’s universally known: biological, animal and human – with a reality that is distinctly unrecognizable and unconscious. Nameless forms, characters defined by both fragility as well as a strong need to survive. Non–ns are halfway between destruction and rebirth. A particularly important practice used by me in the process of creation is “daydreaming”, the moment when the dream world comes into contact with the real world. My forms make for a balancing act of sleep and reality, abstraction and figuration.

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