Kurtyna nad morzem 3 2020

Lech Jankowski made "Kurtyna nad morzem 3" using paint on canvas. Look at these cool blues and grays. It looks like the paint has been built up, in layers, like sediment piling on the ocean floor. Imagine Jankowski working in the studio—layering, scraping, and building the surface. The green feels artificial, almost like a decorative trim separating the two worlds. The curtain and the sea. It's like he's saying, "Here's what's natural, and here's what we do to it.” The upper part feels like a heavy curtain, maybe the kind that separates the stage from the audience. The way the paint is applied, thick and textured, gives it this weight. The artist is in conversation with others who have considered the landscape as a space to be mined. I love the roughness of the surface and the way it embraces the materiality of paint. It's as if the artist wants us to really *see* the paint, not just the image it creates.