The works of Jerzy Michalski exude validity, diversity and complexity of the urban
realism theme. The urban condition of modern realist painting combines the sombre tones of Jerzys Polish origins.
Dr Jerzy Michalski trained at the Poznan Academy of Fine Arts and immigrated to Australia in 1991 and his
recognized as a significant European / Australian painter.
Michalskis works achieve depth, distance, and interaction with light and form. Visual metaphor is evident even when there
is exclusion of human representation. Architectonic interiors are compelling in their intricate detail while the landscapes
are provincial in their familiarity.
His artwork reveals a metaphor of light, hope and salvation; contrasts extended through the use of chiaroscuro technique.
Michalski conjures up a modern realist narrative haunted by the memory of multilayered historical events, immutably
captured in the solidity of the spaces and monuments. Jerzy Michalski is a master of paint and perspective as well
as the construction of mood and mindset. With cool and calculated elegance his work delves in to spatial constructs,
be they a building or streetscape. This leaves the viewer with a feeling of having explored a calm lake or foreign territory.
This emotional space of Michalskis vision, gives these paintings a compelling presence.
Jerzy Michalskis work gratifies the viewer, who after observing the work at close vantage point for some time, discovers
yet more minute detail, intricacy of colour and application ? ever-changing hues in light and colour appear through the duration of the changing light of day.
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