The familiar image of the Virgin Mary in a stamp-patterned headscarf and matching dress makes a strong impression. Bolesławiec stamps remind people of a cup of milk and warm bread with butter. They remind them of their mother.
The artist’s Instagram page says:
“Borys’s Madonna left her icon so she could change from golden damasks into an ordinary navy-blue dress. She chose one with the familiar, close-to-home folk motif of Bolesławiec ceramics.”
“The work arrived here today. Everyone was delighted with it. It is very solid, painted on a thick board,” says Anita Wolszczak-Karasiewicz from the Art in House Auction House.
The work can be bid on at: https://artinhouse.pl/pl/aukcja/obrazy/borys-fiodorowicz/matka-boska-boleslawiecka/8169/128
Borys Fiodorowicz graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and comes from what is now Ukraine. He lives and works near Kraków.
His work can be viewed, among other places, on Instagram
Borys Fiodorowicz’s works have been presented at individual exhibitions, including at the Museum of Icons in Supraśl and the Art In House Auction House Gallery, as well as at group exhibitions, including at the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv (Ukraine), the Polish Institute in Minsk and Brest (Belarus), the Manor House in Stryszów – a branch of the Wawel Royal Castle, the Museum of the Warsaw Archdiocese, and the 6th Piotrków Art Biennale.