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Andrzej Nowacki. Exploring the square

Andrzej Nowacki: 31-24-11-16-2016

Mediathek Sorted

Media library
  • Fig. 01: Marian Kruczek (l.) and Andrzej Nowacki - Krakow 1982
  • Fig. 02: Henryk Stażewski (l.) and Andrzej Nowacki - Warsaw 1982
  • Fig. 03: Andrzej Nowacki, Wasserfall - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 81 x 81 cm, 1991
  • Fig. 04: Andrzej Nowacki, Versteck - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 81 x 81 cm,  1991
  • Fig. 05: Andrzej Nowacki, Verbunden und gestrichen - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 70 x 50 cm, 1992
  • Fig. 06: Andrzej Nowacki, Ohne Titel - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 63 x 63 cm, 1993
  • Fig. 07: Andrzej Nowacki, Hommage à noir - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 63 x 63 cm, 1993
  • Fig. 08: Andrzej Nowacki, Blaue Narbe - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 81 x 81 cm, 1996
  • Fig. 09: Andrzej Nowacki, 21.10.00-1 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 63 x 63 cm, 2000
  • Fig. 10: Andrzej Nowacki, 09.04.01 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 63 x 63 cm, 2001
  • Fig. 11: Andrzej Nowacki, 13.10.02 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 63 x 63 cm, 2002
  • Fig. 12: Andrzej Nowacki, 09.12.10 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2010
  • Fig. 13: Andrzej Nowacki, 18.03.11 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2011
  • Fig. 13a: Andrzej Nowacki, 18.03.11 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2011
  • Fig. 14: Andrzej Nowacki, 20.01.08 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2008
  • Fig. 15: Andrzej Nowacki, 01.05.08 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2008
  • Fig. 16: Andrzej Nowacki, 12.09.09 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 99 x 99 cm, 2009
  • Fig. 17: Andrzej Nowacki, 01.11.09 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 99 x 99 cm, 2009
  • Fig. 18: Andrzej Nowacki, 11.03.15 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 19: Andrzej Nowacki, 21.09.15 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 20: Andrzej Nowacki, 04.03.13 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2013
  • Fig. 21: Andrzej Nowacki, 27.03.14 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2014
  • Fig. 22: Andrzej Nowacki, 31.03.14 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2014
  • Fig. 23: Andrzej Nowacki, 10.05.16 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 24: Andrzej Nowacki, 24.08.15 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 25: Andrzej Nowacki, 15.09.15 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 26: Andrzej Nowacki, 21.07.15 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 27: Andrzej Nowacki, 20.08.15 -  Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 28: Andrzej Nowacki, 21.06.15 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 64 x 64 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 29: Andrzej Nowacki, 14.06.16 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 9 x 64 x 64 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 30: Andrzej Nowacki, 15.01.17 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 4 x 100 x 100 cm, 2017
  • Fig. 31: Andrzej Nowacki, 24.11.16 - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 9 x 64 x 64 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 32: Andrzej Nowacki, 09.10.18, Komposition mit rotem Schatten - Relief on hardboard, acrylic, 4 x 64 x 64 cm, 2018
  • Fig. 33: Andrzej Nowacki, 18.11.15, Komposition mit Schwarz & 04.12.15, Komposition mit B. - Both: relief on hardboard, acrylic, 100 x 100 cm, 2015
  • Fig. 34: Andrzej Nowacki, 26.03.98 - Coal on paper, 36 x 36 cm, 1998
  • Fig. 35: Andrzej Nowacki, 26.03.98-2 - Graphite, pastel on paper, 36 x 36 cm, 1998
  • Fig. 36: Andrzej Nowacki, 03-11-16-3 - Pastel, charcoal on paper, 23 x23 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 37: Andrzej Nowacki, 03-11-16-5 - Pastel, charcoal on paper, 23 x 23 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 38: Andrzej Nowacki, 03-11-16-10 - Pastel, charcoal on paper, 23 x 23 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 39: Andrzej Nowacki, 03-11-16-15 - Pastel, charcoal on paper, 23 x 23 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 40: Andrzej Nowacki, 03-11-16-22 - Pastel, charcoal on paper, 23 x 23 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 41: Andrzej Nowacki, 03-11-16-23 - Pastel, charcoal on paper, 23 x 23 cm, 2016
  • Fig. 42: Bożena Kowalska (l.) and Andrzej Nowacki - 1996
  • Fig. 43: Horst Bartnig, Heinz Teufel, Andrzej Nowacki (from left) - End of the 1990s
  • Fig. Horst Bartnig, Manfred Mohr, Andrzej Nowacki (from left) - Beginning of the 2000s
  • Fig. 45: Rudolf Valenta, Milan Dobeš, Horst Bartnig, Andrzej Nowacki (from left) - Berlin 2011
  • Fig. 46: Andrzej Nowacki (l.) and Jan Lenica - Berlin 1996
  • Fig. 47: Jan Svetlik (l.) and Andrzej Nowacki - Ostrava 2017
  • Fig. 48: Opening of exhibition in Sopot - Hubertus Gaßner, Małgorzata Szot-Emus, Andrzej Nowacki, Zbigniew Buski (from left), 23.4.2017
  • Fig. 49: exhibition "On the threshold of infinity" - State Art Gallery Sopot, 2017
  • Fig. 50:  exhibition "On the threshold of infinity" - State Art Gallery Sopot, 2017
  • Fig. 51:  exhibition "On the threshold of infinity" - State Art Gallery Sopot, 2017
  • Fig. 52: exhibition "On the threshold of infinity" - State Art Gallery Sopot, 2017
  • Fig. Andrzej Nowacki in his studio - Berlin, 2018
Andrzej Nowacki: 31-24-11-16-2016
Andrzej Nowacki: 31-24-11-16-2016

In conclusion
 

The origins of the works by Andrzej Nowacki could be located in eastern European constructivism, and his cultural influence in the western European geometric art from the inter-war period, in concrete art and even in op art. And yet, despite all attempts, this work puts up resistance and cannot be fully explained by established directions or currents in art. What makes this art unique are the artist’s intuitive approaches and his conviction that geometry is able to express and impact our emotions. Of key importance, however, is his handling of colour, light and thus of the energy released by his works, which knows how to transform itself into the transcendent.

 

Ewa Czerwiakowski, December 2018