Joanna Bruździńska has held her first exhibition. She presented ceramic works made at Mateusz Grobelny’s studio, where he introduced Joanna to the world of clay. “Mateusz does not pressure me about what I should do, but teaches me how to create a form conceived in my mind,” Bruździńska says about her work with the artist. “He puts the brakes on and does not let me act on impulse, which, as you can see, produces good final results.”
In her work, Bruździńska mainly uses traditional means of expression. The works presented in the gallery are busts and relief portraits created mostly in ceramic, sometimes combined with wood or stone. One of the models portrayed is Józefina Witas. The author made her portrait from a photograph.
A characteristic feature of Joanna Bruździńska’s work is bringing out what is playing in her soul. The author strives to show viewers her own interpretation of the world around her and her fascination with human nature. One of the sculptures depicts a man’s bust on a sheet-metal pedestal. On the human head, the author placed a smaller head resembling a skull or an owl’s head. “This is a contemporary man who has many worries on his mind,” the author explains. “His thoughts are tangled; he does not know what today’s woman wants from him, and he is lost.”
Mateusz Grobelny praises his student for her development and perseverance. “The time has come for an exhibition that Joanna will create without anyone’s help,” says Grobelny. “It is another step on her artistic path.”
Joanna Bruździńska was born in Bolesławiec in 1967. She had always been interested in art, but her adventure with painting and sculpture began in 2011, when she took part in a souvenir-making course. At that time, she met Dariusz Miliński, an artist who showed her his painting studio. He invited her to an outdoor art workshop in Pławna, where she had the opportunity to test herself in painting. Contact with Polish and foreign artists and with various creative styles led her to begin creating art. Joanna’s exhibition at the BOK-MCC gallery can be viewed until 29 May 2013.