Window at Pilicka Street 

Iwo Zaniewski's "Window at Pilicka Street" is a painting of a window view rendered in muted grayscale tones. The composition is strongly structured by the window frame, creating a clear division between the interior and the exterior world. This division is further emphasized by the contrast in texture - the smooth, matte surface of the window frame against the intricate network of branches seen outside. The artist uses the window as a framing device, literally and figuratively. The outside is presented as a complex, almost chaotic network of lines, while the interior is stable and muted, suggesting a sense of detachment. Note how the objects on the windowsill, a book and a bottle, serve as anchors in this liminal space, caught between the interior's stillness and the exterior's dynamism. The subdued palette and careful composition highlight the themes of separation and observation. By presenting a view framed and mediated, Zaniewski encourages us to consider the act of seeing itself, and how what we see is always a construct, shaped by the structures through which we perceive it.