Christian Sawalski
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 120x50cm acrylic, plaster of paris, iron, iron oxide, coffee, charcoal on canvas “/>
WP.1
120x50cm
acrylic, plaster of paris, iron, iron oxide, coffee, charcoal on canvas
- WP.1
120x50cm
acrylic, plaster of paris, iron, iron oxide, coffee, charcoal on canvas
- 14x40cm
paper, ink, acrylic, charcoal, pvc, pva
“>WP_collage_1
14x40cm
paper, ink, acrylic, charcoal, pvc, pva
- 210x450cm (triptych, each panel 210x150cm)
acrylic on canvas
“>xibalba (requiem)
210x450cm (triptych, each panel 210x150cm)
acrylic on canvas
- 120x85cm
acrylic on canvas
“>xibalba (schmerzensmann) #6
120x85cm
acrylic on canvas
- 210x135cm
acrylic on canvas
“>xibalba (schmerzensmann) #3
210x135cm
acrylic on canvas
- 152x76cm
acrylic on canvas
“>xibalba #1
152x76cm
acrylic on canvas
- 152x76cm
acrylic on canvas
“>xibalba #2
152x76cm
acrylic on canvas
- 60x40cm
acrylic, iron, iron oxide, plaster of paris, fabric, charcoal and polyvinyl acetate on canvas
“>post-transition #4
60x40cm
acrylic, iron, iron oxide, plaster of paris, fabric, charcoal and polyvinyl acetate on canvas
- 120x85cm
acrylic, iron, iron oxide, plaster of paris, fabric, charcoal and polyvinyl acetate on canvas
“>post-transition #2
120x85cm
acrylic, iron, iron oxide, plaster of paris, fabric, charcoal and polyvinyl acetate on canvas
- 250x190cm
acrylic on canvas
“>disembodied momentum
250x190cm
acrylic on canvas
- 190x140cm
acrylic on canvas
“>the eraser #3
190x140cm
acrylic on canvas
- 190x140cm
acrylic on canvas
“>the eraser #7
190x140cm
acrylic on canvas
- 120x85cm
acrylic on canvas
“>the eraser #11
120x85cm
acrylic on canvas
- 190x150cm
acrylic on canvas
“>how it all went down
190x150cm
acrylic on canvas
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My subject matter is using the human body as object and stage of rites and rituals and the uncanny. An organic sculpture, a living memorial for the past and a battlefield of modern society. Figures caught in time, suspended between realism and the deformation of abstraction. Recently I've started experimenting if the psychological effects of the uncanny can be triggered by purely abstract works as well.
I am deeply concerned with the angst of individuals and the cruelty of the conditio humana at large and I have a feeling that one can use art as a vessel of remembrance, to work against one of the biggest flaws of the human mind: forgetting. My work tends to focus on historical roots and I think of my pieces as unfinished fragments that need the observer to attain completion. I would like my paintings to represent, or even trigger memories and emotions in their beholder; to involve them in a quest for the subliminal meaning.
I try confront the viewers with something that exists in their memories but isn't present in their conscience. You have to start a dialogue with the canvas and let your body and soul react to it, let it establish the connections to pictures and stories that already exist in your subconscious.
Over time I've started working more and more in series of paintings, trying to circle around my chosen topic and get close to the core without becoming too literal. Over the course of time the technique might change – it all develops and evolves to its own needs. Within the last few years video became part of the process, to investigate/depict the matter from even more multifaceted angles.
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