acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm, signed on the back
gift of the artist
Marlena Lenart (1984)
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. She received her diploma from the Faculty of Textiles and Clothing with an annex in painting in the studio of Prof. Wojciech Leder in 2010. In 2018, she defended her doctoral thesis in the field of fine arts. She lives and creates in Głowno near Łódź.
Painting for me is a training ground of experience, discovering the new and unpredictable. For years I have been using the airbrush and learning about the possibilities offered by this tool. The means of expression that I have discovered I explore and explore. Initially, these were experiences with geometric painting, hooked on op-art. Series of works from this period include Relief Structures, Dynamics of the Square. At a later stage, I leaned towards three-dimensional forms, taken from reality, though still geometric. It is represented by the series: Reflection, Hovering. An important element of the works was light and the shadow cast by the solids. At the time, I was fascinated by the structure and immateriality of both factors, as well as their ability to optically define the type of matter. I developed the problem of light and shadow in my doctoral series Luminance, the protagonists of which became contemporary materials of no great value - crumpled papers and foils, which I made monumental through scale.
