Jacek SROKA (born 1957), Fan Club de François Boucher, 2021

oil, canvas; 65 x 80 cm;
Signed and dated l. d.: SROKA 2021;
signed, dated and described on the reverse: JACEK / SROKA / "FAN CLUB / DE FRANCOIS / BOUCHER" and beside: 27K70 / 2021.
"(...) The reception of his works becomes a fascinating activity, as it plays out on many levels. The viewer, after receiving the first violent blow "over the eyes" with sharp forms and colors, can devote himself to further, calmer and more intriguing reading of the painting, which draws him into the mysterious world of signs and representations. In addition to the visual sphere, the viewer's imagination is awakened by the semantic layer of his works. An important role is played, as in the case of the Surrealists, by the often puzzling, surprising title of the painting or print. The meaning of the visual representation is supplemented by inscriptions and inscriptions, often applied to the pictorial plane." (quoted by Prof. Tomasz Gryglewicz "Dziesięć fragmentów o malarstwie Jacka Sroki", 2012)