XI. Justice // Przemek Matecki
concentration, self-discipline, order, search for truth, reason, responsibility
The archetypal Justice is a woman wielding a sword with which she cuts herself off from irrelevant matters, focusing on what is most important at the moment. She realizes that she has to do the work to get to the truth, to persevere in her resolutions, or to take a fair stance on something. The eleventh card in the tarot tells us about taking conscious limits and self-discipline in the name of a higher idea, a future goal. Another attribute of the card's usual heroine, the scales, symbolizes reasonable moderation in various activities and the mental balance needed to make important decisions. The card motivates you to put your life in order, but without the accompanying harshness. It draws attention to the value of a fair assessment of a situation, and thus of the actions of others, as well as your own. It emphasizes the role of good intentions in settling judgments. Often warns about the imbalance of power. The version of the card made by Przemek Matecki shows a pregnant woman, fertile with decisions that have their source and consequences. It also refers to the fierce discussion on women's rights taking place in Poland, stressing the feminist slogan: private is political.
Przemek Matecki (born 1976) - an artist making paintings, drawings, and collages. He graduated from the Faculty of Art at Zielona Gora University in 2002, in Professor Ryszard Woźniak's studio. He is the co-founder of the music group Płetwonurki Szczurki (1995). In 2002, he founded the Mature Kreatiwity Studio (pl. Pracowania Tfurczośći Dojrzałej). His selected individual exhibitions include Cracks of Reality (together with Paweł Althamer) in BWA Zielona Góra (2021), Always Look on the Left Side of Life (together with Tomasz Ciecierski) in the Visiting Gallery in Warsaw (2021), Family (together with Paweł Althamer) in Museum Jerke in Recklinghausen (2020), Small paintings at BWA Zielona Góra (2018), Small paintings at Raster Gallery in Warsaw (2018), Rough at Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (2015) or Isn't it good to be lost in the wood (with Pierre Ardouvin) at Progress Gallery in Paris (2014). He has also participated in dozens of group exhibitions since 2005. Matecki's works can be found in the collections of Rubell Museum in Miami (US), Susan and Michael Hort Collection in New York (US), SOR Rusche Sammlung in Berlin (DE), National Museum in Warsaw, Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, MOCAK in Cracow, Lubuska Zachęta Sztuki Współczesnej in Zielona Góra and the Collection of ING Polish Art Foundation in Warsaw. Matecki's paintings refer to punk stylistics and the works created by Robert Rauschenberg. He transforms classical painting forms into spatial collages created by pasting reproduced photographic images. His works seem to be created in a hurry, abruptly, sometimes even chaotically. He makes use of quotations and reproductions, using not only elements of mass culture, but also works of other artists. He lives and works in Warsaw.
The archetypal Justice is a woman wielding a sword with which she cuts herself off from irrelevant matters, focusing on what is most important at the moment. She realizes that she has to do the work to get to the truth, to persevere in her resolutions, or to take a fair stance on something. The eleventh card in the tarot tells us about taking conscious limits and self-discipline in the name of a higher idea, a future goal. Another attribute of the card's usual heroine, the scales, symbolizes reasonable moderation in various activities and the mental balance needed to make important decisions. The card motivates you to put your life in order, but without the accompanying harshness. It draws attention to the value of a fair assessment of a situation, and thus of the actions of others, as well as your own. It emphasizes the role of good intentions in settling judgments. Often warns about the imbalance of power. The version of the card made by Przemek Matecki shows a pregnant woman, fertile with decisions that have their source and consequences. It also refers to the fierce discussion on women's rights taking place in Poland, stressing the feminist slogan: private is political.
Przemek Matecki (born 1976) - an artist making paintings, drawings, and collages. He graduated from the Faculty of Art at Zielona Gora University in 2002, in Professor Ryszard Woźniak's studio. He is the co-founder of the music group Płetwonurki Szczurki (1995). In 2002, he founded the Mature Kreatiwity Studio (pl. Pracowania Tfurczośći Dojrzałej). His selected individual exhibitions include Cracks of Reality (together with Paweł Althamer) in BWA Zielona Góra (2021), Always Look on the Left Side of Life (together with Tomasz Ciecierski) in the Visiting Gallery in Warsaw (2021), Family (together with Paweł Althamer) in Museum Jerke in Recklinghausen (2020), Small paintings at BWA Zielona Góra (2018), Small paintings at Raster Gallery in Warsaw (2018), Rough at Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (2015) or Isn't it good to be lost in the wood (with Pierre Ardouvin) at Progress Gallery in Paris (2014). He has also participated in dozens of group exhibitions since 2005. Matecki's works can be found in the collections of Rubell Museum in Miami (US), Susan and Michael Hort Collection in New York (US), SOR Rusche Sammlung in Berlin (DE), National Museum in Warsaw, Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, MOCAK in Cracow, Lubuska Zachęta Sztuki Współczesnej in Zielona Góra and the Collection of ING Polish Art Foundation in Warsaw. Matecki's paintings refer to punk stylistics and the works created by Robert Rauschenberg. He transforms classical painting forms into spatial collages created by pasting reproduced photographic images. His works seem to be created in a hurry, abruptly, sometimes even chaotically. He makes use of quotations and reproductions, using not only elements of mass culture, but also works of other artists. He lives and works in Warsaw.