Jan Eustachy Wolski

Jan Eustachy Wolski is a young contemporary artist from Krakow, Poland, who explores the complexities of history and ideology through his paintings and installations. Wolski is interested in the long-lasting impact of certain ideas and forms produced in the 19th century or earlier, which continue to persist in the present day, often with dangerous consequences. He examines the sentimental and simplistic nature of such ideas and how they can become the seeds of closed, hostile groups that reject difference and diversity.

Wolski's work often involves the juxtaposition of seemingly distant elements, which together create a coherent vision of the phantasmatic fates of the inhabitants of the former land. His paintings and installations often feature high-mountain huts and forests, as well as the blocks of industrial cities in Eastern Europe. He explores inventive and alternative cause-and-effect sequences that result in the formation of closed groups, often with a specific male fantasy that camouflages, represses, and yet remains evident in homosexual desire.

Wolski received his education from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He has exhibited his work in solo exhibitions, including "In the Moonlight, the Paradise of the Present Has Been Taken From You Forever" at Widna in Krakow in 2021 and "Far Rainbow" at Piktogram during Warsaw Gallery Weekend in 2022.