Lucyna Patalita

LUCYNA PATALITA (born in 1955)
She studied at the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts. She graduated in 1980 at the atelier of Jan Szancebach.
“... be like children, the artist seems to convince us, emphasizing childishness, naivety and inexperience. High white collars, ruffs, Pierrot’s clothes (...). Yet these characters seem somehow disturbing, their eyes and faces suggesting that although they walk, play or ride, they are directed by some internal imperative. Seems like we adults undergo purification while becoming children...”