Malarstwo Andrzeja Żygadły. W „stylu retro”?
The Painting by Andrzej Żygadło. In the Retro Style?

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to present the oeuvre of Andrzej Żygadło, who actstoday in the Krakow artistic circle. The aforementioned artist, belonging to the youngestgeneration of artists (b. in 1988), is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and the Facultyof Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.Education which he acquired studying in both faculties translates into his creative practice,since it connects the activities leading to the preservation of local (subcarpathian) culturallegacy with the activities in the field of painting, in which he undertakes issues from thehistory of the Polish-Ukrainian borderland. The history of monumental Orthodox churchesand folk ceremonies, e.g. funeral rites as well as the ceremonies involving collective andindividual memory, have become his inspiration. The eschatological reflection which pervadeshis works is expressed by their iconography and formal solutions. His works reflectthe connection with the methods of depiction present in Polish painting of the turn of the19th and 20th centuries. The creative strategy of the artist relies on originality. In addition,he simultaneously engages in a dialogue with present trends in Polish contemporary art(modern folklore, memorology).

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