Leszek Jasiński: Essays
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Derision and Sacrum
I believe that the supreme feature of all shown sculptures is the prevailing ordinariness of the male. Sociologically, it is mockery - a brute derides a gentleman, his marble interiors and highly polished brass. Philosophically, it is liberation of a man from the pseudo-harmony of the world, which is supposedly ruled by the Creator and in fact, by supranational businessmen.
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Report from the Last Judgement
Leszek models his figures with clay and often dresses them in his own shirts. He inserts cigarette butts into their mouths, and uses a lipstick in order to add colour. His sculptures are not monoliths of a durability devised to last for centuries. Humanity is not made of bronze, it is conceived out of cheap materials. Clay which usually serves sculptors for making bozzettos, i.e. ‘sketches’, appears here as the final material. For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
