Tomasz Kręcicki Glue, 2023
Oil on canvas
90 x 90 cm
Executed in oil on canvas, this work by Tomasz Kręcicki depicts an enlarged tube of glue emerging from an abstract red background. Rendered with extreme detail and precision, the artist compels us to consider essentially quotidian subject matter with heightened attention. In his paintings, even stationary materials such as this one, become invested with a sense of monumentality and foreground the painter’s skilful command over his chosen medium. Yet, a surrealist unreality also imbues Kręcicki’s depictions of common activities and everyday objects, recalling a Lynchian atmosphere but often cut with a dash of the campy spookiness of B-movie horror.