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(Krakow, Poland 1923–2011) Nude, 1989/1990, signed and backdated 1976 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm, framed We are grateful to Andrzej Szczepaniak, curator, art historian, researcher and expert of the artist, for the information he kindly provided on this work. Provenance: Private Collection since the 1990s "Painting is a mystical act." Jerzy Nowosielski Celebration of bodily shapes and their sanctification. It was also another field of clash or struggle in his painting between the figurative and abstract elements, which took the pure form of a nocturne. “The Black Series” is another attempt to break out of the biological conditions of the body itself, which is constantly purifying itself and entering metaphysics. Jerzy Nowosielski’s paintings, kept in a black range of colours, were his way of “freeing himself” and a kind of confirmation of his own independence as a painter – they were a pure manifestation of the freedom that governs his world. There is another very significant aspect in these images; the issue of relegating art to the abyss of darkness, darkness, or to the sphere of penance and torment of the beloved body. There is also an overtone of experiencing suffering. Nowosielski’s other paintings, which he painted many times, are echoed here; icons from Saint Paraskeva – a 3rd century martyr from Iconium in Asia Minor (today Konya in Turkey), subjected to torture because of her refusal to deny her faith under Emperor Diocletian. The cult of Saint Paraskeva, the Great Martyr, called Piatnica, is associated with Good Friday. The martyrdom of the saint at the beginning of the 4th century and her name (in Greek Παρασκευή - Paraskeví Friday) gave Saint Paraskeví Friday the nickname “Piątnica”, and her martyrdom is associated with the martyrdom of Jesus. Andrzej Szczepaniak