The painting 'Fragment' by Jan Tarasin from 1977 is an oil on canvas measuring 92 x 65 cm, signed in the lower right corner: J. Tarasin 77, with signature and description on the reverse. The artist employs a unique painting language, exploring 'objects' on various levels of de-objectification. His painting has no direct references to specific forms of nature but creates complex, abstract compositions full of symbolic signs and forms. Tarasin combines elements of micro- and macrocosm, giving objects suggested substance, weight, and dynamics, making the work seem like an endless, rhythmic record of continuous transformations, conflicts, and tensions between structure and chance.

Portrait of the Creator

  • Artist

    Jan Tarasin

  • Date of birth and death

    11 September 1926 – 8 August 2009

  • Natinality

    Polish

  • Style

    Avant-garde, abstraction, metaphysical symbolism

  • Significant works

    Series of canvases depicting objects as metaphysical signs, social and avant-garde posters including ‘Bumelant’

Information about the work

  • Year:

    1977

  • Execution technique:

    oil on canvas

  • Theme:

    abstraction, de-objectification, symbolic painting, micro- and macrocosm

Internal Narrative and Creative Framework

  • Inner Narrative

    The painting expresses a continuous struggle and dialogue between the artist and the object, portraying the creative process as a clash between determination and chance, creating a new, unique rhythm and drama.

The key to interpreting the work

Interpretation should consider Tarasin's unique painting language, focusing on references to de-objectification, rhythm, dynamics, and symbolic meaning of forms.

Auction information

  • Estimated price:

    140 000 - 160 000 zł

  • Auction price:

    160 000 zł

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Situation, 1986

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The Birth of Objects XIV, 1997

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Objectification

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  • Year: 1989
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Situation III, 1989

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  • Year: 1989
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Brzeg, approx. 1962

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  • Year: ok. 1962
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Sequence of Objects III, 1991

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  • Year: 1991
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Skupiska, 1990

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  • Year: 1990
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Zapis, 1993

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  • Year: 1993
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Complication of a Sequence VI, 1991

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  • Year: 1991
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