Melania Majkowska The Wall
supervisor:
dr hab. Tomasz Barczyk
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
biography
Born in 1993 in Starogard Gdanski. In 2013, she graduated from the Artistic High School in Gdynia Orłowo, specializing in visual advertising. In the years 2013-2018, she studied graphics at the lithography studio. She defended her diploma thesis at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń under the supervision of dr hab. Tomasz Barczyk
The subject of the main part of my diploma thesis is building walls and building divisions in everyday interpersonal relations. Their origin is a variety of disagreements and everyday events, which often can take on a value that is disproportionate to its own weight. for this reason. For this reason my work has taken a panoramic form, which aims to resemble a wall or even a mural, and thus it can become an object presenting or shouting subjective dissatisfaction or commentary to a sensitive situation as it happens in public space. Through the accumulation of strokes and spots, I wanted to refer to the amount of duties that we have to face every day, stuffing everything in time and chaos, which usually happens around. Figurative objects, like the texts contained in the works, are exaggerated and are to be a commentary on taking certain trivial matters seriously. A similar function is to be performed here by the use of a color that gives the work a free character and far from the seriousness mentioned above. The graphics cycle was made entirely by lithography, using asphalt, crayons, mascara and several reprints. I wanted the work to be expressive not only by the drawings themselves, but also by the use of various media to reflect the often chaotic nature of everyday life through its diverse track.