Rafal Topolewski


My practice is based on the understanding and interpretation of information through memory and it's divided between abstract and realism, which finds its result in recalled images. Paint application provides a solution for long-term, short-term and sensory memory and builds a dialogue between information, picture and interpretation. The information which is used to create composition is various. It can be serious, trivial, accidental, planned, mechanical, spontaneous etc. Through paint I explore memory and define it by surface, gestural marks, colour and shapes, which helps me to understand the human ability to remember. Through the successive process of refreshed memory accumulation I try to build a new space for discussion about approaching the deconstruction of truth. It opens a new stage of explored reality.

My paintings are an exploration about different types of representation, about the fascination and power of painting, which can have an impact on human perception and on the creation of the modern world. Questioning myself what painting means in the 21st Century, I try to find diverse paint explanation.





Garden

oil in canvas
120x150





Portugal


oil on canvas
125x140 cm





Isar

oil on canvas
51x43 cm





Untitled

oil on canvas
170x140




Plane 

oil on canvas
51x37 cm






Untitled



oil in canvas
150x120 cm





Avalanche

oil on canvas 
50x40 cm








Splash

oil on canvas






Mariana

oil on canvas
40x50cm




Tourists

oil on canvas



Sketch


oil on canvas




Poland


oil on canvas




War of the worlds


oil on canvas




Untitled 

Oil on canvas
156x171 cm 



Jumper

Oil on canvas
160x150 cm



Untitled

Oil on Canvas
130x150 cm



Untitled

Oil on canvas
30x50 cm



Untitled

Oil on canvas
30x50 cm