Julius Lewandowski,
Born, 1977, Warsaw, Poland
A New Star Born
Melusina or Mistaken Identity
The myth of Melusina comes to mind when looking at the work of Julius Lewandowski “Mermaid”. In one of the versions of numerous myths about Melusina she appears as a maledicted princess, turned by the spell into a half serpent, half woman...only on Saturdays. Lost in the forest she is found by the young prince Raymond. Enchanted by her unearthly beauty the prince falls in love with her and proposes. Melusina agrees to become his wife on one condition: that one day of the week (Saturday, of course!) he would give her complete privacy and he wouldn't ever try to find out the reason.
The promised granted Melusina becomes Raymond's wife and bears his children. Yet, a family mystery worries the prince enormously. One day he follows Melusina to spy on her taking her bath to discover that his beautiful wife turns into a different creature on Saturday: from the waist down she wears a fish/serpent tail.....and he looses his wife.
The ambiguity of identity creates a crisis with a remarkable if tragic outcome to follow.
A sense of drama is ever present in the work of Juilius Lewandowski - an autodidact artist brought up on a Greek tragedy instead of habitual fairy tales.
The high and lows of whole human emotion specter is encompassed and taken to extremes: the bodies entwined and extorted, the hues of opposite colour: red and blue - splash on the canvas violently and yet arrange themselves into a harmony.
Some images strike with their over powerful sexual overtones only to be toned down by a vivid sense of artist's humour. The serias of works based on the myths of Roman Empire are masterly executed: both line and colour are working to create a potent narrative of visual excesses.
Extremes are turned into a grotesque, circus-like performance; artist's transcended images a la Toulouse Lautrec of today; life turned into a beautiful theatre of disguised identities and hidden passions: “We have a little secret”, “You are my everything” - where everything is not what it seems and the appearances are deceptive or just “appearances-on-demand-of-society”.
Euphemisms are not in the lexicon of the artist for whom a real identity and truth has been really very important issues for a long time. A quest for truth led the artist to study ancient and modern philosophy in search for answers to vital life questions.
Having originated as a rebellion against the society hypocrisy, the controversial illustrations of Marquis de Sade books possess inherent satire and refined line drawing unwillingly parallels to the tradition for example Audrey Beardsley's illustrations of the illustrious and infamous Oscar Wilde's Salome.
Julius Lewandowski walks a thin line between notorious and publicly accepted creating beautiful works in a liminal space to explore new art and life identities.
J.A. Arte
05.02.2011
“Julius Lewandowski's work is intoxicating. Sparse lines meet rich colour creating images, which echo in the mind. The people that inhabit these works are mysterious and often androgynous with almost cartoon like features but expressions so painfully real you know how they are feeling.
The more erotic work exudes a true passion which it is so refreshing to see laid out so honestly. I have rarely seen such beautiful and sympathetic images of men, their form is equally as interesting as a woman's yet we see it so little in art today, while the female form is at saturation.
I love this work and would have Portrait of A Man on my wall if my man would not feel a little jealous.”
By Christina Phillips, Sculptor & Artist, UK.
Attention Julius Lewandowski !!!!
ReplyDeleteAttention artists! You can fool Sophy DareSensationModern.com! I have been cheated.
I want to warn you of danger. I've seen on the site that you http://www.sensationmodern.com also cooperate with Sophy Dare. My name is Valery Rybakow. You can see my pictures on the site of the crook.
I Sophy Dare signed a contract for 1 year. I sent for my money 14 of its good pictures. The contract ended in December 2011. For almost a month Sophy Dare not answer me not to Skypu not on e-mail. She sold one of my summer painting American. And 4 months all promised and promised to pay me for this picture. All asked to wait another month and another month. In the end, I got no money for my 14 paintings, has not received the paintings themselves.
Now I collect the necessary documents to put Sophy Dare to prison for fraud on a large scale. I consulted with a lawyer - Sophy Dare will face several years in prison if she does not return the painting to the owner or return the money.
All required original documents, I can give you a proof of his words.
I decided to warn you of the danger of losing their pictures, as I lost them. I hope you all will be well.
Sincerely artist Valery Rybakow. My website: www.Rybakow.com