Artwork description / Biography
Ggraphic designer, photographer, painter. He creates original paintings, giving them the ultimate look by flakes of pure gold. He uses a minimalist form to express feelings and emotions. His work forces the viewer for deeper analysis and reflection on the message. Delicate subtleties that emphasize using the contrast between light and shadow play an important role.
The main component in his paintings is light. Not only does it creates a certain kind of story, but it also indicates the hierarchy. Highlighting the important details, he extracts them from the background, but also hides other details, it happens deforms them. The artist’s paintings of light and shadow creates a climate of secrecy, and very visible layers of paint make the three-dimensional character seem more realistic.
Artur Kalinski’s work focuses mainly on the human body, whose dynamic poses and surprising shots intrigue and trigger emotions. The world presented in his work has an emotional character. Among the characters are women. Author gives them a smooth line of bodies, the subtlety of the hand, radiant smooth skin and remarkable delicacy. These features make that women in his paintings exude quiet sensuality. Kaliński paints his works in stages, each time improving and properly grooming the individual details.
Wishing to capture time and spaciousness, the artist recently created a specific collection that can be defined as the installation of paintings based on relief.
Arthur Kaliński is very active as a defender of free speech. In October of 2014 he defended Russian art and freedom of local artists, organizing a protest against the hypocrisy of the Russian authorities and the lack of freedom of expression in the Russian artistic community. Then he tried to pass to the representative of the Russian Embassy his own painting titled ”Angel of Death”, which was intended for President Vladimir Putin.
May 5, 2015 year in Warsaw, in front of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage happening took place under the slogan ”Poland Young Art is dying!”, organized by Artur Kalinski, which is opposed to the lack of support and promotion of young artists in Poland and abroad. The coffin with the installation covered with pure gold, placed in front of the entrance to the ministry, symbolized the catastrophic situation of young Polish visual arts. The appeal called on the Minister Malgorzata Omilanowska to take concrete actions that will protect the young Polish art from total collapse. Artur Kalinski’s protest met with great interest of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The letter sent by the artist to the Minister was personally received by the Director General of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage who promised to examine concrete proposals and suggestions of the artist, which is not common practice in this type of offices.
