Tomasz Kręcicki Dead plant, 2024
Oil on canvas
180 x 180 cm
The work is from a group of paintings depicting potted plants produced in the context of the artist's exhibition Move. The motifs suggest a past and present, as well as a human presence: Someone cared for them, they may be gifts from friends or family. Represented in various states, they speak of care, neglect, resignation but also resilience.
Kręcicki uses the subject to demonstrate his extensive knowledge of and admiration for painters who have represented plants in domestic settings, both the historical genre of vanitas still-lifes and more specifically 20th century and modern depictions as metaphors or symbolic representations.