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GRZEGORZ GWIAZDA I N S P I R A T I O N : "I am inspired by nature—the nature of the human being, the nature of myself. We are made of many elements. We contain contradicted needs like the need for creation and destruction, the need for harmony and domination. According to Sigmund Freud, we are driven by two main opposite forces: Eros which we can understand as desire to life and anatos—desire to death. We are divided into body and soul, flesh and mind...Perhaps the best way to show the complexity of a man is paradox. Otherwise it is impossible to keep the unity of all those oppositions inside just one person. is idea brought me to the concept of using the opposite factors inside sculpture. Depending on the story, my works are moved to the direction of tragedy, abstraction, mystery, expression or opposite. In many cases, all of those elements are present in a single work." P R O C E S S : "To fully show a human being, not just the visual aspect of it, we should make [an interpretation]. is process is a reformation of reality, and I understand it as finding a new shape for a specific phenomenon. No matter which aspect of reality I try to represent with sculpture...I always make a kind of interpretation...It is impossible to make the body out of clay, wood or any other material. We are alive. Skin has a colour, there is blood circulation in our veins, we have specific facial and body expressions… So my task as a sculptor is to create a new independent, alive being out of static elements. is point brings me to the conclusion that art is much closer to poetry and alchemy than to anatomy and modelling." L I D Z B A R K W A R M I N S K I , P O L A N D VUE ON ART V U E N J . C O M 65

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