Monika Chlebek

Close enough series
HIDDEN Bořivojova
20. 9. / 20. 11. 23

In Monika's paintings, she captures her subjects in a fragmented manner, often in close-up shots, devoid of unnecessary embellishments. This approach creates a profound sense of intimacy between the viewer and the subject.

Recently, Chlebek has been looking for painterly themes in everyday life and her immediate surroundings. Intuitiveness and sensuality are another characteristic feature of her painting. A specific way of framing has become the trademark of her paintings. Their motifs are presented in a fragmentary way, in large close-ups, without unnecessary embellishments. This gives the viewer a sense of unusual closeness with the model portrayed, an impression of looking deeply in the eyes of another being at the moment of a mystical connection with it.

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