The Painting of Katarzyna Zelaska

There is no denying that I own one of the paintings by the artist and that for many years I have been fond of it. This is not frequently the case with modern art.

With rare exceptions, only the basic colours as well as black and white are used in her paintings. For as long as I can remember, her drawing consists of geometrical or organic rasters, as though they were some unknown alphabet or code with which the author describes the world, not wanting to be understood literally. During certain periods of this development there have appeared the clear forms of figures. There have been times when, through them, she has related to traditions in art and civilisation: columns, religious symbols and even living forms.