On June 30, the mural “Himalayas visible from India” from the “2020” series was hung on the central pillar of the Grot-Rowecki Bridge over the Vistula River (view from the Praga side), as the next 59th intervention in public space as part of the “Painting Exhibition” project – a project conducted since 2011. It was a real struggle with the wind and the current, and in the end, the beautiful sun came out.
The original painting was auctioned on July 8 at the contemporary art auction at Desa Unicum. >>
“Himalayas visible from India” from “2020” series, acrylic on canvas, 146×92 cm (2x73x92 cm)
Inhale… Exhale… Through breath, we have a constant connection with the Universe. We live immersed in the air. Our lungs are always exposed. Oxygen from the lungs reaches all cells of the body, so what we breathe, quite literally, is within us. The quality of the air has a fundamental impact on our health and well-being. The closure of factories in 2020 led to a unique phenomenon – for the first time in decades, the Himalayas could be seen from India, or the Tatra Mountains from Krakow. This is usually impossible because the smog in the air breathed by millions of people is permanently present.
Inhale
Exhale
I n h a l e e x h a l e i n h a l e
Breathe without thinking about breath
Breathe effortlessly
Breathe so that the breath fills the entire body
Breathe softly
Breathe quietly
Breathe as if smelling
Barely moving the chest
Paint your body from the inside with breath
Paint boundless landscapes
Inhale boundlessness
Exhale
Open your eyes on your body
Beneath the chest
On the stomach
On the arms
On the back
Behind the knees
On the palms, soles, heels, and fingers
On the temples and throat
On the crown of the head
Open everywhere you feel tight
Open where they are closed
Look with your whole body in all directions
Let your gaze merge with what you see
Breathe with your eyes
In the lower part of your abdomen, there is water flowing
