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Tomasz Zawadzki – Direct Measurement 05B, 2023
Tomasz Zawadzki – Direct Measurement 05B, 2023 is a painting executed in acrylic and pencil on plywood mounted on a stretcher. Measuring 120 × 100 × 5 cm, the work belongs to the field of contemporary abstraction, where expressive painterly matter is confronted with cool, analytical geometry.
Description of the painting
The composition is filled with intense, deep green, applied through dynamic, intersecting brushstrokes. The background pulsates with the energy of organic matter, evoking dense vegetation, a turbulent natural surface or a biological field in constant motion.
Against this vivid, vibrating plane, the artist places two light, geometric forms. Their austerity and architectural character clearly contrast with the painterly intensity of the green background. The forms appear suspended in space, like fragments of a structure, a measurement or an unfinished perspective model.
Gesture and construction
The main tension of the painting arises between the freedom of painterly gesture and the discipline of geometric form. The green background functions like an elemental force: unpredictable, expressive and physical. The light forms introduce an opposing order — cool, constructive and intellectual.
Visible pencil lines, perspective markings and traces of drawing reveal the process of constructing the image. Zawadzki does not conceal the technical “scaffolding” of the composition; instead, he makes it an integral part of the work. The titular measurement becomes not only a theme, but also a method of organising the pictorial surface.
Measurement, space and abstraction
Direct Measurement 05B may be read as a painting about the conflict between nature and system, emotion and analysis, movement and construction. The artist juxtaposes the biological vitality of colour with the architectural discipline of form, creating a composition suspended between gestural painting and geometric abstraction.
The light forms are not unambiguous objects. They function rather as signs of space, fragments of measurement or traces of a rational attempt to grasp what resists control. The painting becomes a field of tension between organic matter and the need for order.
Artistic context
Tomasz Zawadzki’s work may be situated in dialogue with the tradition of geometric abstraction and analytical painting. In Direct Measurement 05B, one can observe an interest in the relationship between the painting as a space of emotional gesture and the painting as a construction governed by perspective, proportion and measurement.
The exposed drawing lines and constructive markings may evoke associations with Richard Diebenkorn’s explorations, particularly in the tension between the freedom of the painted surface and compositional discipline. At the same time, the intense, fleshy texture of the green background suggests links with the organic structures found in the painting of Leon Tarasewicz.
Technique and material
The work is executed in acrylic and pencil on plywood mounted on a stretcher. This support strengthens the material character of the painting and allows it to function not only as a flat image, but also as an object with a distinct physical presence.
Acrylic builds an intense, saturated colour field, while pencil introduces the precision of drawing, planning and analytical notation. The collision of these two means — painterly and graphic — is essential to the reading of the entire composition.
Artwork details
Artist: Tomasz Zawadzki
Title: Direct Measurement 05B / Pomiar bezpośredni 05B
Year: 2023
Category: painting
Art movement: abstraction
Technique: acrylic and pencil on plywood mounted on a stretcher
Dimensions: 120 × 100 × 5 cm
Purchasing the artwork
Direct Measurement 05B is a strong proposition for collectors interested in contemporary abstraction, analytical painting and works in which expressive colour matter meets the discipline of construction and spatial measurement. For availability, price or additional information about the painting, please contact us.
