Based on a True Story : Tadeusz Biernot
Past exhibition
Works
Overview
Tadeusz Biernot
Uncharted Harbour, 2018
Acrylic, magazine pages, Liquitex medium on canvas stretched on board
Image size: 48 x 60 in
Based on a True Story is an exploration of shape, texture and composition. A marriage of Biernot's fascination with cartographic topography and the abstract form, this series was born of the artist's desire to explore the unpredictable nature of his new found technique
We are thrilled to be exhibiting Tadeusz Biernot's most recent work, Based on a True Story, from June 3rd to July 2nd 2022. A departure from his well-known, expressionistic depictions of the human face, Based on a True Story is an exploration of shape, texture and composition. A marriage of Biernot's fascination with cartographic topography and the abstract form, this series was born of the artist's desire to explore the unpredictable nature of his new found technique - a balance between "the creation and destruction of multiple layers of magazine pages, cardboard, packaging and paint." Biernot doesn't consider this technique to be collage, but rather a "structural element of [his] paintings." An experienced eye may be able to make out familiar shapes and forms, take a closer look at "Based on a True Story I" for instance and you can spot the snaking form of Rome's Tiber River. While not all pieces in this series depict a familiar city, they are a bird's eye view of various built environments, capturing growth and evolution in some, and devolution/a return to nature in others. Biernot states: " for me map making is not the end game, it is just an excuse to start a dialogue with a viewer."
