Jan BERDYSZAK (1934-2014), Transcendental, 1979-1980

Own technique, acrylic, board covered with primed canvas; 32 x 58.5 cm (irregular shape);
signed, dated and described on the reverse: JAN / BER /DYSZ / AK / 1979-80 TRANSCENDENTAL / 11MAD / 32 x 57.5 cm ACRYL.

"(...) I consider space to be one of the first entities, so it can have an infinite number of manifestations. It can assume the most sublime immaterial form and the banality of its existence.
The being of space allows things to exist and contains them.
The space of being can also be perceived as an empty area or as an absence.
Cutting out, cutting out as a THING called up an empty field, which became a kind of THING.
The resulting emptiness emanated INNOCENCE. Into the IMPOSSIBILITY, captivated by the cutout, entered the space with a depth or layer of space, behind which the (alien) concrete of the wall appears. The wall appeared
in the place cut out with unexpected, foreign matter.
A self-fulfillment took place (...)"
Lit: Excerpt from Sketchbook 116 (1978-1979), in E. Kosciellak, M. Szafkowska, Jan Berdyszak. Sketches and Drawings, Wrocław 2012, p. 20.