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  • HF III
    Egg Tempera on Canvas
    47" x 39"

  • L.VII Loneliness
    Egg Tempera on Canvas
    47" x 39"

  • HF VI
    Egg Tempera on Canvas
    66" x 33"

  • In the Field
    Egg Tempera on Canvas
    47" x 39"

  • HF I
    Egg Tempera on Canvas
    47" x 33"

  • HF II
    Egg Tempera on Canvas
    47" x 47"


Szczepan PakoSzczepan Pako

Szczepan Pako

Enigmatic Perspectives
January 8 - January 29, 2010 Reception: Thursday January 14, 2010 6-8 PM

Press Release

The paintings of Polish artist Szczepan Pako are defined by subjects and aesthetics that alternate between romanticism and modernism. There is a striking formal beauty to his nudes, whose warmly textured bodies radiate a soft heat. Fittingly, he cites old masters like Titian among his greatest influences. Aside from his human figures, Pako’s subject of choice is the melancholic, worn-out landscape of the industrial region where he lives. His egg tempera paintings seek to resolve the area’s opposing tendencies towards rigorous efficiency and joyous expression.

These competing impulses between humanism and modernism give Pako’s paintings a universal appeal, gripping viewers with extremely stylized visions of bodies, interiors and streets that are alternately inviting and alienating. He deploys palettes of dreary green and bluish grays to convey disillusionment with the material world, which he juxtaposes spectacularly with the bright reds, pinks and oranges of his human silhouettes. In the end Pako’s romantic humanism wins out, with the loving warmth of bodies gathered optimistically against the cold.


Artist Statement

Works of art explore the possibilities of reaching beyond outer superficiality, and I remember this when I am painting. My art is influenced by great artists - Titian, Rothko, Klein, Weiler, whose works inspire me to be free in creating, love color, observe people and the world. I find inspiration in watching life, the variety of people I meet and landscapes. My painting themselves proceed by my contemplating the core of the subject and choosing the best technique for it. My favorite is egg tempera, an old technique with the subtle charm of matt suede. My paintings should be pleasant to the eyes yet anxiously unsettling to the soul’s imagination.

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