End of the day, end of the night

On the exhibition display there are the most recent works of  Antoni Starowieyski, from 2011 until today.
 
The artist has painted for 20 years, focusing his work very consistently on several motifs and using a time-consuming technique of oil painting. From the very beginning of his artistic career, colour and landscape defined his language and understanding of painting really strongly. The process of creating his works is slow, with successive layers of paint requiring time to dry out, which makes the image emerge in parallel with the thoughts and sensations, like the trail of the changing time. This long creative process associated with the painting medium fully corresponds to the contemplative nature of Antoni Starowieyski’s art.
 
The title of the exhibition: End of the day, End of the night, is an attempt to describe something that defies single-word definition. It may indicate both dusk and dawn as fleeting moments when light changes its intensity with every second, passing through different colours depending on the angle of incidence of the sun rays. First, it is a moment outside time, the moment of a halt, the completion of something, a state that is neither day nor night.
 
Sensitivity to transient states, to the visual dimension of everyday life torn out of time or some abandoned objects – this sensitivity can be easily read in the works of Antoni Starowieyski. The artist’s observation focuses on what happens in ordinary spaces, though hidden from sight, just like silence that deceptively appears to be a lack of sound. And like the silence, his painting is also intimate, as even in the landscapes embracing immense spaces there are no elements disturbing their emptiness and intimate atmosphere.