#Wittgenstein

Much like Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Colour (which Osiowski had translated for his use before an official Polish translation appeared), highly fragmentary, full of questions lacking answers, forcing the brain to shift into higher gear, Osiowski’s paintings approach a million issues. Whereas Wittgenstein’s reflections lie at their source, Osiowski takes a step further. He places the philosopher’s propositions and direct quotations both in the titles of some paintings and in/on the paintings themselves, provoking the viewer all the more strongly to consider famous questions such as “Must white be the lightest colour?” … Osiowski’s paintings are like philosophical-linguistic treatises – luckily free from the heft of purebred phenomenology, like Dadaist experiments, like painted charades of absurdities, everyday life and politics.

Kamila Tuszyńska, Ph.D. excerpts of the review on wernisazeria.com

Marcin Osiowski, "Art on Art, To, że kolory mają swe charakterystyczne przyczyny i skutki - to wiemy", 2019 r.
akryl, olej na płótnie, 40 x 30 cm

“Art on Art, Colours have characteristic causes and effects—that we do know.”, 2019
acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

Marcin Osiowski, "Art on Art, Runge powiada, że czerń "brudzi": co to znaczy? Czy jest to odziaływanie czarnego na naszą uczuciowość? Czy chodzi tu o skutek dodania czarnego koloru?", 2019 r.
akryl, olej na płótnie, 40 x 30 cm

"Art on Art, Runge says that black ‚dirties’; what does that mean? Is that an emotional effect which black has on us? Is it an effect of the addition of black colour that is meant here?", 2019
acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 x 30c m

„Art on Art, Nie ma świecącej szarości. Czy należy to do pojęcia szarości, czy do psychologii – a więc do historii naturalnej – szarości? I czy to nie osobliwe, że tego nie wiem? I co, jeśli świecąca szarość jednak istnieje?”, 2019 r.
akryl, olej/płótno, 60 x 40 cm

"Art on Art, There is no such thing as luminous grey. Is that part of the concept of grey, or part of the psychology, i.e. the natural history, of grey? And isn't it odd that I don't know? And what if, however, a luminous grey exists?", 2019
acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

„Art on Art, „Ciemny” i „czarniawy” to nie to samo pojęcie.”, 2019 r.
akryl, olej/płótno, 60 x 40 cm

"Art on Art, 'Dark' and 'blackish' are not the same concept.", 2019
acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

Marcin Osiowski, "Flaga", 1989 r.
olej na papierze, 100 x 70 cm (odwrocie)

"Flag", 1989
oil on paper, 100 x 70 cm (reverse)

"White Goes Gray, Still Sort of Mathematics of Colour", 1988 r.
akryl, olej, papier na płycie, 100 x 70 cm, szkic do obrazu "Sort of Mathematics of Colour"

"White Goes Gray, Still Sort of Mathematics of Colour", 1988.
acrylic, oil, paper on board, 100 x 70 cm, sketch for the painting "Sort of Mathematics of Colour"