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Our Class, 2009
Monumental painting 'Our Class' from 2009 by Ewa Juszkiewicz, created with acrylic and oil on canvas (200 x 260 cm), signed on the back: Ewa / Juszkiewicz / 2009. The painting addresses childhood themes in a grotesquely distorted manner, showing a group of children with distorted and disturbing faces, dressed in formal attire. The work refers to concepts of social norms, exclusion, and aesthetic discomfort, and also explores issues of beauty and ugliness. The artist included herself in the composition with her right hand invisible. The painting was exhibited at important exhibitions and reproduced in catalogs.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Ewa Juszkiewicz
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Date of birth and death
September 3, 1984
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Natinality
Poland
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Style
Contemporary surrealism, portrait, collage, inspiration from old painting
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Significant works
Paintings such as ‘Maria (After Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck)’, ‘Grove’, ‘Girl in Blue’, ‘Portrait of a Lady’.
Information about the work
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Year:
2009
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Execution technique:
acrylic, oil on canvas
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Theme:
contemporary art, group portrait, distortion, grotesque, children's art, social exclusion, exploration of standards of beauty and ugliness
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting explores social themes such as aesthetic and social norms, exclusion, otherness, and the masquerade of hiding true identity and emotions.
The key to interpreting the work
When interpreting the artwork, attention should be paid to the contrast between the formal attire and the deformations of the childishly distorted faces, creating tension and critique of culture.Auction information
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Estimated price:
2 200 000 - 3 200 000 zł
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Auction price:
2 750 000 zł
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