Krzysztof Kokoryn: Essays
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Greetings from Warsaw
The heroine of this exhibition is Warsaw. A real Warsaw, though one that feels almost like a fairy tale — suspended between reportage and a colourful dream, between reality and painterly imagination.
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Warsaw – a city up for the taking
In this story about Warsaw, two threads intertwine: the painterly narrative of the artist Krzysztof Kokoryn and his works devoted to the capital, and the thirty year history of the CMS Cameron McKenna law firm’s presence in Warsaw — an anniversary that is, after all, a perfect occasion for memories.
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Paintings that Are Musical in Spirit
Painting music is reconciling the impossible and yet great many artists have been trying to cope with the utopian task since a very long time ago. Music is immaterial and the plastic arts exist only in the material.
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The Flask
Hippo Hole, the stuff we drank together with Wojek Kliczka as we worked on our cartoon. The label name (in Russian) read “Potierya” and was the title of a humorous tale by Danil Charms. And so, we did get a good laugh at that one.
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A painter among painters
Krzysztof Kokoryn did not know about his calling as a painter at the very outset. Originally, he was sure he was going to become a musician. He had even had some achievements in the field of music. But, he eventually decided to try and take his entrance exam for the Fine Arts Academy.
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To see the juicy side of life
It seems that time in Kokoryn's paintings is as still as a summer afternoon, as still as when our memories take on the guise of a sign. Events change their nature to become a graphic form whose significance increases with each experience, each sight, and each event.
