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Thierry Goldberg is pleased to present Over Time, an online exhibition of works by Filip BacÅ‚awski. The exhibition runs from November 18 - December 17, 2022. 

Over Time investigates the meaningful often ordinary moments that forge a sense of community and connection. Drawing inspiration from people and places that surround him, Bacławski utilizes the act of portraiture as a form of record keeping. Each portrait relishes in the simplicity of day-to-day moments, resulting in a body of work that aches with the closeness of companionship.

Employing bold colors and inventive patterns, Bacławski situates his golden figures alone engaged in moments of deep contemplation. Utilizing the face as the starting point for his compositions, the features and expressions of his figures dictate each drawing's overall disposition. In Marta in September, 2022, a woman in a floral sweater stares idly out in the distance. Her hands connect in her lap serving as a subtle suggestion of her internal absorption. There is a calmness this figure exudes, an inferred sense of intimacy exposed in her ability to daydream disarmed.

Captivated by the unavoidable act of change, Bacławski repeatedly returns to certain subjects and faces. In Marta Looking at the Photo, 2022, Marta reappears, her facial features rendered a bit softer as she curls up on a blue striped chair. She holds on tight to a photograph, engrossed in the act of viewing without acknowledging her own observation. Cloaked by a sweater that hangs heavy with narrative, Marta’s character is revealed through the milieu of faces and places that envelop her. Marta’s existence becomes meta-physical, defined through the collection of self-referential moments of attachment and engagement.