Photograph of Artist KALINA JANKOWSKA
KALINA JANKOWSKA
London, London - India



Original Artworks (3)

Kalina Jankowska; Enchanted Forest I, 2006, Original Sculpture Mixed, 16 x 40 inches. Artwork description: 241 This soft sculpture is made of colorful, vibrant fabric and wire. It creates an energizing effect on the viewer.  The inspiration for this artwork comes from leafless trees from Polish winter, combined with colorful saris that Indian women wear.  This unusual synthesis of sources of inspiration has ...
Kalina Jankowska
Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2006
16 x 40 inches (40.6 x 101.6 cm)
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Kalina Jankowska; Enchanted Forest II, 2006, Original Sculpture Mixed, 6 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241 Enchanted Forest II is a soft sculpture made of vibrant, colorful Indian fabrics, wire and plastic tube.  It is whimsical, playful, innocent.  The lightness of this artwork has a wonderful uplifting influence on the viewer and an energizing effect on the space it is in. It was ...
Kalina Jankowska
Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2006
6 x 20 inches (15.2 x 50.8 cm)
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Kalina Jankowska; Inside The Brain I, 2006, Original Sculpture Mixed, 9 x 13 inches. Artwork description: 241 Inside the Brain I is a soft sculpture made out of pipe cleaners and paint. It has bright and flourescent colors.  It is whimsical, playful and innocent.  Upon contemplating on this artwork your mind will experience these very qualities.  Our brain is a miraculous being, it contains ...
Kalina Jankowska
Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2006
9 x 13 inches (22.9 x 33.0 cm)
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Artist Statement

The purpose of my artworks is to uplift the viewer's spirit, to energize the viewer with positive emotions and to enliven the space with my artworks.

Presently I am working on two series of soft sculptures: 'Enchanted Forest' and 'Inside the Brain'.

The purpose of ‘Enchanted Forest’ is to create a fairytale-like, energizing and whimsical space, where one can escape the mundane. In the world where so much of contemporary art practice is a political or social/cultural commentary, I do something which is an antidote to this postmodern artistic trend, such as creating an aestetically pleasing space where one can relax. Through the use of vibrant colours which positively influence our emotional state, through the use of fragile and ephemeral materials which create the feelings of lightness in a viewer, and through the use of abstraction which minimizes associations with things from the ‘real’ world, I investigate and provide this child-like spirit, innocent space. ‘Enchanted Forest’ is simply meant to bring some joy and peace of mind upon seeing beautiful things.

‘Enchanted Forest’ is an artwork that,in an abstract way, synthesizes the imaginary, mysterious mutations of tree-branch forms with the magical, vibrant colours of Indian saris. This project is inspired by a year-long stay in India and Poland. In India I stayed in many places of contemplation (ashrams), practiced various meditation techniques and was fortunate enough to meet several genuine enlightened gurus. In 'Enchanted Forest'I would like to create an atmosphere of peace, not unlike the atmosphere that I experienced in these places. Visually I was especially impressed by the colourful saris that women wear. I have acquired many of these unique fabrics that I use in these sculptures. The Polish visit, on the other hand, connected me to traditional Polish landscape painters. During my Polish art residencies with these painters I learned to appreciate the beauty of European winter landscapes. Especially striking were the trees with their naked trunks and branches.

'Inside the Brain' is a series of sculptures dealing with multidimensionality of our personalities. The brain is a being that contains all of universe - in microcosm. Our consciousness is boundless. Such qualities I try to, symbolically, represent in these sculptures. Combining these seemingly opposite qualities of fullness and emptiness, of color and darkness, the sculptures attempt to reflect the process of life itself. 'Inside the Brain' has been inspired by the long sessions of meditation that I did in India, and still do wherever I am, every day....