ART AS AN ACT OF LIBERATION OR ETERNAL CATHARSIS
On the artistic work of Maria
Marachowska
For Maria Marachowska painting represents an act of liberation, when she immerses into the element of art, the empty canvas or a sheet of paper means infinity to her. In her artistic expression, she knows no boundaries, the painter’s brush in her hand seems to take on a life of its own, becomes the key to an intensely personal, mysterious world. When she paints, she draws from the strength of her rich memories and her experience of life, quite remarkable for an artist as young as herself and capable of touching us just through their truthfulness and authenticity.
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In her
works, her experiences are transformed into pure energy and emotions which are transmitted
to the spectator, it is impossible to withdraw from the deep attraction of her
images, they virtually absorb through their oscillating, often almost hallucinatory colours and their
suggestive shapes. It is her artistic credo not to adjust whatsoever to
anything that has existed, she cannot be assigned to any existing art style, her
works speak of universal forces, far beyond any conventions. Inspiration comes
from within herself, from her innermost feelings, her joys and pains which she
transfers into her visionary image compositions, as if to relieve of an
oppressive burden – creation is a basic need to her, inseparably linked with
her life.
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The
process of her artistic work is only comparable to a natural phenomenon: the
wave effect and extension, caused by a pebble that touches the water surface
and spins apparently infinite circles, one arises from the other, a constant
development and renovation, generating always new, innovative art works and
image series. Maria Marachowska’s art is cosmic, seems to be connected to the
stars, abstraction opens new dimensions of perception, something sacred and
sublime is inherent to her oeuvre, radiates a healing power.
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The
apocalyptic air, penetrating to the surface in many of her paintings, gives no
reason to anguish or grief, but announces a new world in which the Fantastic
has defeated cold rationality, through the awakening of an all-embracing cosmos,
she gives reason to hope, her images give us a hint of a lost world before the
beginning of time, to which there is no more access in normal life.
© Text by Iris Weirich, 2011
© Paintings by Maria Marachowska, 2000-2012
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