The painting 'Objectification' from 1989 by Jan Tarasin is an oil on canvas work measuring 100 x 130 cm, signed in the lower right corner: JTarasin 89. Tarasin's work focuses on exploring 'objects' at various levels of de-objectification, where real forms transform into abstract signs creating a complex system of relationships. The artist defines his painting as a search for a movable model based on conflict and transformation, rejecting direct references to nature. The composition of the painting represents a musical dramaturgy of unique, rhythmic arrangements of forms and rhythms, provoking the viewer to multiple symbolic and plastic interpretations.

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:

    1989

  • Execution technique:

    oil on canvas

  • Theme:

    abstraction, relationships between form and symbol, objectification, contemporary Polish painting

Internal Narrative and Creative Framework

  • Inner Narrative

    The work reveals complex tensions between program and chance, and articulates the idea of constantly balancing between abstraction and concrete object, emphasizing the dynamics and rhythm of the composition.

The key to interpreting the work

The interpretation focuses on analyzing the relationships between form, symbol, and meaning in Tarasin's art, highlighting the importance of 'writing' and the concept of de-objectification as key to his work.

Auction information

  • Estimated price:

    250 000 - 300 000 zł

  • Auction price:

    280 000 zł

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Situation, 1986

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The Birth of Objects XIV, 1997

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Situation III, 1989

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  • Year: 1989
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Sequence of Objects III, 1991

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  • Year: 1991
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Fragment, 1977

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  • Year: 1977
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Skupiska, 1990

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  • Year: 1990
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Zapis, 1993

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Complication of a Sequence VI, 1991

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