Trąbki do słuchania podłogi 2019

Curator: Immediately, I'm struck by this… It feels like a ghostly memory, sketched in charcoal. What do you make of it? Editor: This drawing, created by Lech Jankowski in 2019, is titled "Trąbki do słuchania podłogi," which translates to "Trumpets for listening to the floor." The artwork uses a combination of pencil and charcoal. Curator: "Trumpets for listening to the floor"—that's incredibly evocative. The texture is amazing. I'm curious about the repeated vertical lines… what is creating such formal unity here? It seems both representational and abstract at once. Editor: The series of lines could signify a deliberate attempt to create texture as if we are invited to engage intimately with the represented scene via our fingertips. Semiotically, one may regard them as signifying attempts to reveal hidden information from below the floor, using imagined listening devices. Curator: Intriguing! I see that play between revealing and concealing now. The delicacy of those lines contrasted with the darker smudges... there's a tension. The sketch appears incomplete—is this to enhance a dreamlike, unreal, almost fleeting vision? Editor: I would argue yes, the roughly sketched composition with 'scratchy' pencil work serves the narrative, as the image seems hastily composed, giving the impression that our artist is eager to impart his imagination on us with no concern of making the lines 'perfect'. The artist attempts to evoke curiosity by instigating open interpretation using charcoal to present themes of abstraction in a very direct manner. Curator: Very persuasive; I'm now also seeing the use of line is directly influencing our reading of form in terms of spatial relations. To consider its lasting appeal—Jankowski invites an audience into their imagination. Editor: I concur entirely; its accessibility combined with this aura of mystery makes it incredibly captivating. The viewer can quickly immerse into its core intention through shape. Curator: Indeed! A brief sojourn into a very private creative realm! Editor: Yes, that is right, and maybe now even you are tempted to try listening to the floor.