Dimensions: 120 x 100 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Kat Garstka 2023 | "Theater is Me | (a dream about Helena Modrzejewska)" | "Theater is Me | (a dream about Helena | Modrzejewska)" | "Divadlo isem Ja | (a dream about Helena Modrzejevska)"'.
Biography
In my case, the choice of Helena Modrzejewska was dictated by her creative activity and the impact she had. It can be said that she was a kind of ambassador of Poland in the international cultural world. Her attitude, truth and devotion to art fascinated me and unleashed an avalanche of associations that resulted in the kind of image of her that I present in the painting "Theater is me, a dream about Helena Modrzejewska."When Modjeska posed in stage costumes or simply for portraits, I saw in these photos an extremely natural person, devoid of artificiality, without the fashionable mannerisms of the time. It let me know that I was looking at a sincere, genuine artist with a beautiful, magnetic gaze.
It was in this mesmerizing gaze of Helena that I saw devotion to the theater, devotion to the role.I was also inspired in Helena by the fact that, as a Pole, she took the English-speaking theater stages overseas by storm, an undeniable measure of her great talent and the charisma she possessed.There are several clues, associations, and references to the theater that I have hidden in the picture, which I hope the viewer will discover for himself when he spends more time in the company of "my" Modrzejewska.
