Bath LXVI Painting

from the series "Self-dissolution" Artwork is for sale, but reserved for an exhibition in BWA Bydgoszcz, Poland (20.03-29.04.2018). "In her latest works, Grażyna Smalej abandons her former photorealism-esque method of presenting human contact with water (evident in paintings like “Bathing”, numbered from 1 to 70). There is a clear departure here from studies of water in its various manifestations (drops, surfaces, the depths, trickling, splashing, concentric circles or a splashed plume) and also from any attempt to capture a fraction of a second on canvas. In the “Bathings” this fraction is really tiny, because these paintings are directly inspired by photography. A camera’s photosensitive matrix can record an event that the naked eye is incapable of detecting; the shutter of a standard lens opens for 1/125 of a second, and for 1/500 of a second in bright sunlight. The human brain is not able to distinguish a visual event of such short duration, so a camera can be very helpful. When paying attention to detail, accurate study of luxuriant water shapes is only possible with the assistance of optical tools of varied precision." KB

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:43.3 W x 35.4 H x 0.6 D in

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