Neither to the Right nor to the Left (Medusa’s Head), 2002

Antoni Falat  

Antoni Falat is a Polish artist born in 1942. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw, he founded later on, the Varsovian group "Aut" (Aut Pictura Aut Nihil) where the program insisted in " polish style, Polish figuration, Polish exotism". Initiator of the artistic movement "o popraw" "for improvement". He has participated in different festivals, such as at the Polish painting of Szczecin(1970, 1974, 1978, 1980) the Festival of Fine Arts of Warsaw (1970, 1972, 1974). In the 80s, he participated in the independent cultural movement. Between 1992 and 1996, he was a member of the Polish President's Cultural Council. In 1997, he received a gold medal by the National Commission of Education, a Gold Medal during the Third Festival of Fine arts and the Gold medal of Bielska Jesie. In 2005, his canvases were exhibited at the United Nations in Geneva. In 1992, he became rector of a private academy- The European Academy of Arts of Warsaw.

The photographs of Antoni Falat's family often serve him as model for his paintings. The "photographic" colors (blank, white, gray) dominate, enriched sometimes by a little bit of green and blue marine. A big part of his work is thematically linked to Polish reality, such as the cycle "the Polish Portraits" and " Poland of Pharahons".

His pieces can be found among international collections, at the National Museum of Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, the Ghent Museum, the Pushkin Museum and the Institute of Art of Moscow.