Anna Tatarczyk. Playing with light, form, and colour

The influence of dance
 

Although Tatarczyk concentrates on geometric abstractions, her work remains infused with a sense of movement and lightness that is reminiscent of dance. Movement in space – the conscious play with body and space – also dominates her painting. The rhombus, which is shown standing on its tip, appears to rotate, tip and sway rhythmically. Tatarczyk describes her painting as a “planned dance choreography”. She recognises parallels between the regularity of her paintings and the structured sequences of dance. The rhombus moves on the canvas much in the same way a dancer moves through space.

Art as personal development
 

Tatarczyk’s route to becoming an artist was by no means a direct one. In the country where she was born, Poland, she grew up during a period when artistic freedom was limited. She came to Germany in 1994 to create a new life for herself. There, she discovered her passion for art. After graduating in German studies and philosophy, she decided to enrol at the Academy of Fine Arts (Kunstakademie) in Düsseldorf, where she studied under A.R. Penck and Siegfried Anzinger and found her true calling as an artist. Today, she lives and works in Düsseldorf and Wuppertal.

An individual contribution to concrete art
 

Tatarczyk’s work cannot easily be assigned to traditional artistic categories. While her art could be described as a mixture between concrete art, op-art and minimalist design, it is more than just a mixture of these currents. “My aim is to paint good pictures”, she says. She doesn’t feel bound to classic labels, but rather strives to create art that is both aesthetically pleasing and intellectually challenging. Her art is a constant investigation of form, colour and light, which leads to a very individual pictorial language.

Katarzyna Schieweck, January 2025

Artist’s website: www.anna-tatarczyk.de