XV. The Devil // Gosia Bartosik
stuck in old mechanisms, lack of development, enslavement, toxic relationships, addictions
The Devil in tarot spreads informs us that perpetuated, stubbornly repeated inner programs, giving us a false sense of security, are inadequate to the current situation. It signals that old reflexes, habits, or status quo can block our development. The card signifies toxic relationships, including those with oneself. It warns of what is destructive in our existence: addictions, negative influences, and unhealthy fascinations. It motivates you to deal with your dumbness, laziness, and convenience that hold you back from transforming your reality - this path, though painful and confronting, is very liberating. Something you desire can imprison you, but fulfilling your desires with awareness brings freedom.
Gosia Bartosik (born 1986) - a visual artist, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and occasional writer. In 2012 she graduated from the Faculty of Painting and Printmaking at the University of Arts in Poznan. She is the curator of the Pogadanki Rysunkowe project, which is published in material form by BWA Zielona Góra. Her works have been shown in solo exhibitions - Siłaczki (urban space ADAPTATIONS project) at the Municipal Art Centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski (2021), Good Morning at the Municipal Gallery BWA in Bydgoszcz (2020), Colours of Happiness at the Terminal08 Gallery in Gorzów Wielkopolski (2018), Even the big ones used to be small at the Municipal Gallery BWA Zielona Góra (2018), Psia Mać at the Salons Foundation in Zielona Góra (2017), I woke up grown up at CK Zamek in Poznan (2017), g. and b. at Oficyna Gallery in Poznan (2016), Bestiary of Aquarius at Ichot Poznan Gate (2016), Behold My Fairy Tale at Silver Hangar in Srednica (2014) or Culture of Free Bodies at V9 Gallery in Warsaw (2012) and collective Valentine's Day at Private Place in Poznan (2021), Osten Biennial Drawing Skopje 2020 at the National Gallery of Macedonia in Skopje (2020), at the 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival in an urban space in Berlin (2020), Dibujo | Wall Gallery Studio in Sa Pobla, Majorca (2019), Polish Female Artists First at Rabbithole art room in Warsaw (2019), Paint means blood. Woman, Affect And Desire in Contemporary Painting at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2019), Transmediale & CTM Vorspiel 2018 | Voorspel op Staalplaat at Staalplaat Gallery in Berlin (2018), Counterfold. Interviews at Ostrov Gallery in Poznan (2018), Auction! Art for the Forest at Arsenal City Gallery in Poznan (2017), I am still alive at FWD Gallery: in Poznan (2017), Bermuda Triangle at YES Gallery in Poznan (2017), Braid during the Night of Museums at CK Zamek in Poznan (2017), Oficyna SS//17 at 9/10 Gallery in Poznan (2017) or Unwillingly at BWA Zielona Gora (2015). Gosia's works depict asexual bodies presented in an abstract form. The resemblance to the human silhouette is combined with animal figures. The multiplied figures seem strong, powerful, full of vital energy. They seem to be possessed by wild animal instincts which remain hidden in everyday life. The unhindered carnality, emanating from the pictures and drawings, seems to strike from the very first moment. The artist draws from graffiti art, primitivist painting, and neo-abstractionism. She lives and works in Poznan.
The Devil in tarot spreads informs us that perpetuated, stubbornly repeated inner programs, giving us a false sense of security, are inadequate to the current situation. It signals that old reflexes, habits, or status quo can block our development. The card signifies toxic relationships, including those with oneself. It warns of what is destructive in our existence: addictions, negative influences, and unhealthy fascinations. It motivates you to deal with your dumbness, laziness, and convenience that hold you back from transforming your reality - this path, though painful and confronting, is very liberating. Something you desire can imprison you, but fulfilling your desires with awareness brings freedom.
Gosia Bartosik (born 1986) - a visual artist, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and occasional writer. In 2012 she graduated from the Faculty of Painting and Printmaking at the University of Arts in Poznan. She is the curator of the Pogadanki Rysunkowe project, which is published in material form by BWA Zielona Góra. Her works have been shown in solo exhibitions - Siłaczki (urban space ADAPTATIONS project) at the Municipal Art Centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski (2021), Good Morning at the Municipal Gallery BWA in Bydgoszcz (2020), Colours of Happiness at the Terminal08 Gallery in Gorzów Wielkopolski (2018), Even the big ones used to be small at the Municipal Gallery BWA Zielona Góra (2018), Psia Mać at the Salons Foundation in Zielona Góra (2017), I woke up grown up at CK Zamek in Poznan (2017), g. and b. at Oficyna Gallery in Poznan (2016), Bestiary of Aquarius at Ichot Poznan Gate (2016), Behold My Fairy Tale at Silver Hangar in Srednica (2014) or Culture of Free Bodies at V9 Gallery in Warsaw (2012) and collective Valentine's Day at Private Place in Poznan (2021), Osten Biennial Drawing Skopje 2020 at the National Gallery of Macedonia in Skopje (2020), at the 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival in an urban space in Berlin (2020), Dibujo | Wall Gallery Studio in Sa Pobla, Majorca (2019), Polish Female Artists First at Rabbithole art room in Warsaw (2019), Paint means blood. Woman, Affect And Desire in Contemporary Painting at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2019), Transmediale & CTM Vorspiel 2018 | Voorspel op Staalplaat at Staalplaat Gallery in Berlin (2018), Counterfold. Interviews at Ostrov Gallery in Poznan (2018), Auction! Art for the Forest at Arsenal City Gallery in Poznan (2017), I am still alive at FWD Gallery: in Poznan (2017), Bermuda Triangle at YES Gallery in Poznan (2017), Braid during the Night of Museums at CK Zamek in Poznan (2017), Oficyna SS//17 at 9/10 Gallery in Poznan (2017) or Unwillingly at BWA Zielona Gora (2015). Gosia's works depict asexual bodies presented in an abstract form. The resemblance to the human silhouette is combined with animal figures. The multiplied figures seem strong, powerful, full of vital energy. They seem to be possessed by wild animal instincts which remain hidden in everyday life. The unhindered carnality, emanating from the pictures and drawings, seems to strike from the very first moment. The artist draws from graffiti art, primitivist painting, and neo-abstractionism. She lives and works in Poznan.