Janusz Kirenko
Poppy flowers
Prof. Janusz Kirenko, PhD was born in Lublin. He graduated from the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, where in 2009, he received was promoted to professor. In 2008, he was honoured with the prestigious title of the “Founder of Polish Rehabilitation” awarded by the Chapter of the Polish Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of rehabilitation. In 2010, he received the Silver and Gold Cross of Merit for his pro-social activity. Apart from scientific, educational and social endeavours, he is also an avid painter. Prof. Kirenko has contributed to a number of solo and collective exhibitions, both in Poland and abroad. In 2007, he also published his first collection of haiku poems entitled “Unfathomable torment of dreams”, and in subsequent years: “In My Touchiness” (2008), “Some Portraits, Reflections, Impressions”(2009), and “Landscape. In Search of Harmony” (2012). The titles of his collections of poems are often also featured in his painting exhibitions, and some of his paintings bear inscriptions quoting lines from his haikus.
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Poppy flowers
POPPY FLOWERS- a cycle of 39 paintings, 60 x 60 cm, painted in acrylic and following the singe recurrent motif of a red poppy flower... The paintings are collectively titled “Poppy Flowers”. Paint is applied on a wedged stretcher to reveal the canvas texture. The paintings are arranged on the display wall based on the colours used in their backgrounds. And so, e.g., 8 of the 39 works feature a fiery-red background and are to be hanged tightly together to create a single surface – a space filled with a multitude of poppy flowers and buds, all eddying in the same direction, as if dancing on a gust of wind. All poppies are of similar size but vary in shape, including flower buds barely marked with colour, as well as partially and fully blossomed flowers. Another feature of the background is its highly dynamic quality achieved through the use of swift, well-defined brush strokes of fiery-red intertwined with orange. At times, although only in a few of the 39 paintings, the author includes blue, pink and violet elements. In all of the thematically consistent works, the author employs the technique of scratching the paint with the tip of the brush, leaving white marks/traces on the canvas. One of the works painted in open air was marked, as explained by Janusz Kirenko himself, by a sudden rain which left water traces in the fresh paint. Apparently, the author decided not to paint them over and leave the visible rain marks in the finished work to add a more fluid texture to the image of poppy flowers. At Galeria ArtBrut, “Poppy Flowers” were displayed on a single surface: paintings tightly fitted together to create a sense of colours flowing in a single direction while puppy flowers seemed to lean on the wind and towards the sky...