The painting 'Skupiska' from 1990 is gouache and pastel on paper measuring 40 x 30 cm, signed at the bottom: J.Tarasin 90, with a note on the back: Jan Tarasin 90 / Skupiska. Jan Tarasin's work revolves around the exploration of 'objects' on various levels of de-objectification, where real forms transform into abstract signs creating the artist's individual language. This work shows the artist's concentration on symbolism and allusion, creating multidimensional compositions that provoke interpretation and introduce the viewer to the world of micro- and macrocosm, where objects only have suggested substance, weight, or dynamics.

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:

    1990

  • Execution technique:

    gouache, pastel, paper

  • Theme:

    abstraction, de-objectification, symbolism, contemporary painting

Internal Narrative and Creative Framework

  • Inner Narrative

    The painting reflects internal tensions and the dynamics of the relationship between program and chance, presenting variable rhythms and the structure of an uninterrupted sequence of images in which nothing repeats.

The key to interpreting the work

Interpretation should be based on the analysis of the symbolic painting language and the overarching idea of de-objectification, focusing on the dynamics and rhythm of the artist's images.

Auction information

  • Estimated price:

    18 000 - 20 000 zł

  • Auction price:

    28 000 zł

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Situation, 1986

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The Birth of Objects XIV, 1997

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  • Year: 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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Fragment, 1977

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  • Year: 1977
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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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