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#fourseasons

"So, I managed to complete The Four Seasons, of course in five paintings; without ladders, falling snow in winter, leaves in spring and autumn rain (as Jasper Johns did). According to the Celts, the year started in November, at the beginning of winter, and was divided into geimhredh - the winter season, and samradh - the summer season. But the holidays related to the preparation for winter, awaiting the spring and all the spring works, then the summer works and harvest time, divided the year into five parts. Besides, aren’t the four seasons in five paintings obvious from the point of view of painting? "

Marcin Osiowski, notes (excerpt), 1991
 

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“I see art being practiced out of interest in the world and fascination with the magic of art itself, out of the handicap of how this world works, out of defense against the reality that wants to overwhelm us. Art as pure magic, the universe of the most important and ultimate things. Every picture, every work of art as an attempt to tell everything from the beginning, and painting pictures as a journey from which you never come back. "

© 2022, Marcin  Osiowski

photos: Adam Gut, texts: Katarzyna Piskorz, English translations: Aleksandra Paszkowska

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