The Mirror | graphic series
The main concept
of my graphic series, The Mirror, is to
show love relation between two people. It’s a very intimate, personal
reflection on love complications. What’s really interesting in that problem is
the human emotional and ethical condition in our contemporary world. That’s a very good pretext to ask very
universal questions about human relations, intimacy, loneliness and transience.
That’s a story about how two people coexist in a relationship, and also about
their emotional and psychological interaction.
When
looking for a title, I was aware that it has to be something that allows many
interpretations and meanings, just like love relations are.
First of
all, by using the mirror we can come to meet
ourselves, and see our own reflection. It works in a similar way in relationships
between two people. They come to see each
other, and at the same time, see their
own reflection in other person’s eyes. That’s also the right moment to ask the
question about very own identity, personality and personal freedom. There’s a reason for Polish and Yiddish
proverb “Eyes are the mirror of soul” - we
want to look deeper for the essence of human nature. And at last but not least,
we know the magical meaning of the mirror in fairy tales, old wifes’ tales, and
legends as a gate to parallel reality and time.
Formal
aspects are also relevant to the title of work.
The composition of elements is based on overlapping, corresponding and
reflecting elements. Those elements are repetitive modules I used to suggest
the stories I’m presenting are a continuous process of searching for love. The
whole series has open composition. Each graphic is a part of series but can still exist as an autonomic work.
The
Mirror
graphic series is made in etching and mixed technique (100x70 cm).