18th – 21st June, Private View – 18th June, 6pm, Vine Gallery (space), 69 Bolsover Street, London W1W

A three-day exhibition by two established and accomplished London-based Polish artists Joanna Ciechanowska and Ryszard Rybicki in the intimate Vine Gallery space.

Joanna Ciechanowska

‘Seven Deadly Sins’ – 7 oil paintings 100x70cm

Wrath, Envy, Greed (Avarice), Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth (Acedia) – Featured in main image above

‘I am often asked the question: Why, what’s behind the idea of painting sins? Regardless of religion, regardless of where we come from, regardless of upbringing, we are sinners. Excuses are always there, ready to hide behind and yes, mostly it’s religion. Does heaven and hell exist in afterlife or is it here on earth already?

A friend of mine said once: ‘Religion is a crutch for life’. I hope these are ideas with a message which provokes the viewer to examine his own feelings.’

Joanna Ciechanowska – MA ASP-Academy of Fine Arts,Warsaw. Leaving Poland soon after the graduation, she lived and worked in places as diverse as Africa, Egypt, Iran, China and travelled extensively in Australia, India and the Arctic.

Selective exhibitions in Whitechapel Gallery, Royal Academy, Somerset House Gallery, Hamiltons Gallery, Orleans Gallery, Summerhall Gallery – Edinburgh, Pallant House Gallery, Cooper Hewitt Museum – NY, Japan,

Hong Kong and Poland.

Work held in collections in UK and abroad, including Robert Hiscox collection, Prof. Tim Spector, Catherine Wilson.

https://www.joanna-ciechanowska.com

Instagram: @joannaciechanowska.art

Ryszard Rybicki

‘Ten Commandments’

‘Nowadays, in the world full of confusion, we need to ask ourselves some crucial questions: Who do we follow? Who are we listening to? What do we believe?

I have been asking those question myself and the exhibition has been growing in my heart and in my mind for years. The main trigger for doing this show was my conversation with Joanna in December when she mentioned about her work on the Seven Deadly Sins. It was then when we decided to show our works in a double bill exhibition.’