Dimensions: 100 x 89 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: '"BABIE LATO | H. LASKOWSKI | 100 x 89 cm A/O | 2023".
Biography
Studied at the State Higher School of Visual Arts (now the Academy of Fine Arts) in Poznań from 1972 to 1977, where he defended his diploma with honors from the Lithography Studio under the direction of Professor Lucjan Mianowski. He completed an annex to his diploma in the illustration and poster studio of Prof. Waldemar Swierzy. In the 1980s he was involved in publishing graphics, posters, book illustration and painting. The year 1981 stopped him in accidental emigration in France. He lived in Paris until 1983. He took part in solo exhibitions at home and abroad, including: 2016 - BWA City Gallery, Bydgoszcz, post-competition exhibition of the 2nd L. Wyczółkowski National Painting Competition, 2016 - Finalist of the Art Confrontations competition, Warsaw, 2015 - Contemporary Polish Art, Parliament of the European Commission, Helsinki; Finland, 2015 - M.E. Gallery. Andriolli, Nałęczowski Cultural Center, post-competition exhibition of the 5th International Drawing Competition, 2015 - CDEF Gallery Olsztyn, 2011 - U Gallery Warsaw, 2011 - Kunst aus Polen, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010 - Galleria Poliedro, Trieste, Italy, 2009 - Paris L'Obsession - Obsession Paris, SD Wilanów Gallery, 2009 - Visible, Invisible; Plock Art Gallery, 2008 - Polish Surrealists, SD Panorama Gallery, 2007 - Art Depot Gallery; Warsaw, 2003 - Warsaw Review of Fine Arts; DAP Warsaw, 1998 - Darmstadt House; Plock, 1997 - Municipal Cultural Center; Radom, 1994 - Polish Army Museum; Warsaw, 1992 - Warsaw Decade of Art, 1982 - Galerie Atelier2; Paris, France, 1979 - 7. Bienal Internacional del Deporte, Barcelona; Spain, 1976 - International Student Graphics Review; Cracow, 1975 - 3rd Biennale Internationale de L'Image, Epinal; France. In his painting, he moves in the circle of widely understood urban themes. He is also interested in landscape, nature and man. He describes the surrounding reality using the language of poetic metaphor. In his works one can find references to pop - art, metaphorical realism or surrealism.
