In the works of Marta Mezynska the palaces, shop windows and architectural views, even if perfectly recognizable in the details, lose all contextualization to appear suspended and frozen in a timeless atmosphere. She paints shop windows using strong colours and lively composition. The reality described by the artist appears static illumina ted by a theatrical light, transparent and clear, or enclosed in darkness pierced by a few rarefied streetlights or flashes. Each showcase of Martha seems familiar, they capture the imagination of places that we might have been or we may have passed by. Inspired by Edward Hopper, she is focused on the details, the lights are precise and objects are sharp, hyper - realistic and at the same time melt into the dream.
Marta Mezinska
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The play of light and shadow that enhances by contrast the geometries of the buildings, and allows a clear, distinct perception of real forms, in the stasis of the picture. Every single element is cleaned up in a calibrated composition, in which everything appears perfectly regulated in a symmetrical and formal correspondence, where these almost stripped buildings, reduced to the essence of their geometric shapes, become simple simulacra and witnesses of a fantastic and imaginary world. Marta Mezynska's work on urban architecture seems to testify the existential solitude of man, the inability to bring order into the chaos of everyday life and perhaps the desperate search to identify unattainable cer tainties in the eternal dispersion and flow of time.
Marta Mezynska (also known as Marta Mez), is a Polish artist based in Milan in Italy. She was born in 1981 in Białystok in North Eastern Poland. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2004 she contributed to set design for theatrical shows and films. What unites her work is her distinctive architectural element. Marta Mezynska exhibitions were presented in the Milano - Expo FEEDING THE PLANET, ENERGY FOR LIFE for expositions in Fabbrica del vapore (M - WAM – MILANO WORLD ART S MAP) held under the theme DETAIL in Teatro Nuovo (Piazza San Babila). Marta's works are presented in private collections in Italy and abroad.