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round 2 poll 47

The painting Refugees by Jan Rembowski. A crowd of desperate people of all ages, genders and different social status trying to cross a bridge. They are painted in strikingly bright colours.ALT
The painting Forgotten Figures by Zbigniew Stec. Rocky mountains on human legs walking on green grass. Each mountain seems to end with more than one pair of legs, some of them in slacks and leather shoes, one pair in beige pantyhose and red high heels, one in grey pantyhose and brown flats. The legs are headed in different directions, making it impossible to move forward as a whole mountain range. The mountains have seemingly random letters and numbers scattered on their surface. In the background there is a city: sandy colored apartment blocks with red roofs. Farther behind them: green hills and blue sky mostly hidden behind fluffy white clouds.ALT

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which piece do you like better?

Refugees by Jan Rembowski, early 20th century

Forgotten figures by Zbigniew Stec

Refugees by Jan Rembowski, early 20th century:

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Forgotten figures by Zbigniew Stec:

  • about the artist: wloclawek.eu: From early youth, he struggled with a disability — he suffered from muscular atrophy, which clearly influenced his perception of the world and creative determination. (…) Based on his works, exhibition reviews and letters of recommendation written by outstanding figures from the art world, he was admitted to the Association of Polish Visual Artists in 1978. His paintings were shown at many exhibitions in Poland and abroad, and their reproductions often appeared on the pages of calendars, poetry books and magazines. (...) He most often painted unreal, invented scenes in which he combined and transformed objects, architecture, landscape elements, and sometimes human figures or animals. These were a form of internal dialogue with the environment and expressed the freedom of dreams of a mind imprisoned in a weak body. Art critics describing his work classified it as surrealism or fantasy painting. Marta Ipczyńska: Zbigniew Stec's paintings reveal his fascination with surrealism. (...) The source of inspiration for the artist is, as he himself admits, "the world of the subconscious, dreams, and his own imaginations." He subjects motifs drawn from reality to fantastical metamorphoses or juxtaposes them in ways that defy the logic of the real world. This gives his canvases a unique atmosphere: dreamlike and absurd, laced with melancholy
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round 2 poll 43

The painting "Vexor at a Beach" by Likopinina. A green creature with an exposed dinosaur skeleton, moose antlers and giant lizard legs amidst a dream-like haze.ALT
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep movie poster by Mieczysław Wasilewski. Blue sky and the sea. A black silhouette of a monster with long pink tongue getting ready to devour a ship with white sails.ALT

which piece do you like better?

Vexor at a beach by Likopinina, 2021

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep movie poster by Mieczysław Wasilewski, 1978

Vexor at a beach by Likopinina, 2021

  • propaganda: Hot girl summer! This is what the beach looks like in Kopalino in the locked off sector, the nuclear power plant is just a coverup trust me 100% I am being told this is also average Kryspinów moment
  • about the artist: I know they're Polish, a Kraków stan (disgusting) and on tumblr! Psyching Liko up, slay!!!!
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep movie poster by Mieczysław Wasilewski, 1978:

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I think her name is Miška. She doesn't seem to talk much to the others—she isn't very chatty, or rather, she mostly talks about things that interest her and that she’s passionate about—but overall, she’s actually quite nice.

I honestly worry about her; she very often wanders away from home to the edge of the village. Apparently, she loves winter—but only when it’s actually snowing. Still, I keep wondering: aren't her parents worried when they let her go off alone like that?

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