Far from the Madding Crowd

The title nods to Thomas Hardy’s 19th-century novel. This melancholic image highlights the artist’s working conditions. The “art world,” often swayed by fashion and superficiality, hinders true distance and pure observation. The artist’s chosen studio, free from noise and unwanted audiences, birthed these minimalist, elemental geometric paintings. Reduced to basic forms of perceiving the world, devoid of embellishments or exaltation.
The works testify to the mathematical structure of reality, spotlighting overlooked eternal elements. They reshape them, echoing nature’s dynamics, harmony, and interconnections. A snail shell, plant shapes, or body proportions are perfect – Janina Wierusz-Kowalska’s painting reminds us of this. Her deepened awareness evokes Renaissance masters, blended with influences from Minimal Art (Sol LeWitt) and Polish abstractionists Henryk Stażewski and Wojciech Fangor.