"at 21 we were immortal"
Chapter 01
2024-
This act originates from the visual world that shaped me in 1990s West Berlin—specifically the charm of Western pop culture, toys, and magazines. The main inspiration comes from magazine covers scribbled over with ballpoint pens by my mother. In a way, I am repeating this method, scribbling over my own paintings that depict my private memories.
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers were everywhere for me—in the apartments of friends and their families, and even hanging in the stairwells of post-socialist Polish housing blocks. They created this incredible contrast between the surrounding poverty and the exclusivity of owning a Van Gogh. The image of those Sunflowers paired with sunflower seed shells scattered across a stairwell floor is a scene deeply etched into my memory.
