PILIPCZUK GALLERY
Copenhagen, Denmark

PILIPCZUK GALLERY

Martyna Borowiecka places great emphasis on fashion and femininity, she believes these qualities should not be suppressed or ignored in our society. Her strong values regarding femininity and fashion are reflected in her art work.

Over time, Borowiecka has created her own recognisable style of coloured collage oil paintings. Browsing magazines for inspiration and printing captivating motifs. She doesn’t ask herself specific questions or make assumptions, instead she allows herself to be surprised and to surrender to her subconscious of stream and to follow her instinct. In her paintings, she uses bold colours and symbols like female shoes or handbags. She is aware others might review her artwork as being naive and kitsch but doesn’t let this affect her in a negative way. Instead and with total determination she allows herself to breathe and give in to these qualities fully: ”What has remained dormant so far, gets its clear voice and speaks by turning everything that has been found weak into power.”

Borowiecka works with techniques inspired by the old master painters, such as one of her most favored, the Flemish painter; Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrecht (1630 – 1675) who specialized in still life paintings, illusion and trompe l’oeil. Borowiecka uses the trompe l’oeil technique to trick the viewers eyes and to diminish the border between reality and imagination. She then asks the question; ‘Are her oil paintings a reality or an illusion?’

For VOLTA Basel 2021 Borowiecka is preparing the solo show "I am stuck in my idyllic chamber and I do not want to leave it”. The chamber is a visual response to personal needs and inner desires. It is a vision of an idyllic country that successively compresses one's most distant imaginations. A kind of chapel in which one can pay tribute to the space dedicated to celebrating every moment of our existence. The pandemic reality adds an extra dimension to the paintings. Forcibly isolated we are looking for an outlet for the natural need for a sense of space: “Sometimes, however, it is good to stay in isolation and fall in love with the details of our life.”