Exhibition A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents the work of Marta Garbaczewska, an award-winning artist who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. The exhibition features, among others, a spectacular, large panorama previously shown at the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle in Szczecin.
Marta Garbaczewska’s work covers two strands.
On the one hand, it is the world of nature, which the author shows in an extraordinary profusion, emphasizing its vital power. The artist’s vision draws from the romantic vision created by Caspar David Friedrich, and at the same time reflects the impressionistic nature of nature subjected to many cycles of change, known, among others, from the works of Claude Monet.
However, more importantly, apart from that, the artist also marks the human presence.
Man is part of the ecosystem after all. Human presence remains the second motive in Garbaczewska`s art and the theme of “sharing” the territory becomes the basic theme. This topic is urgent in the face of the challenges related to the climate crisis, which often puts man in opposition to the components of the surrounding nature.
It is worth noting the practices used by the artist, who uses, among others, recycled materials – old canvases or scraps of materials.
In addition to floral motifs, the artist also tackles the subject of eroticism, referring to the world of the senses in a highly subtle way.
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