Artist Barbara Palka Winek works in easel painting, watercolor and monotype. Inspired early on to delve into the arts by her father, a recognized Polish painter, it was in his atelier that she began her lifelong love affair with art. In her current mixed media work, organized in cycles of paintings which she names “Screens,” “Obsessions” and “Imago,” myriad visual languages collide.
Palka Winek’s unique address of the human figure, rendered with generous strokes and bold coloration, lends a lyrical quality to her paintings. At times verging on magical realism, the artist counts Latin American literature, especially Marquez and Cortazar, as well as music as having had a profound influence on her work. Richly textured and compositionally dense, Palka Winek maintains that it is “mental structure” in its various modes of perception that comprises the center of her subject matter on canvas.
Barbara Palka Winek is an artist of Polish nationality born in Zabrze, Upper Silesia, Poland. She studied painting at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts and currently lives and works in Cracow.
Exhibition Dates: March 28, 2014 – April 17, 2014
Reception: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York
Event URL: https://agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Barbara_Palka_Winek.aspx
Featured Artists:
New York City 2014: Synchronicity
Nichole Bodin | Marianne Fernandez | Catherine Manchester | Barbara Palka Winek | Etsuko Shida | Mikhail Zhirmunsky
Sensorial Perspectives
Steven Cary | Scott Forsyth | Marie Gailland | Katherine Gallagher | Marcia Haufrecht | Gerd J. Mangels | Mikey McGhee | Eduardo Rodriguez | Gabriele Tamburini | Alejandro Tejeda Mora | Luca Viapiana
Pulse of Abstraction
Karen Keil Brown | Nunzia Busi | Pato García | Marcel Neuenschwander | Jose Descronos | Rafa (Raffaella Rizzo) | Lillie Simpson | Wei Xiong
East Meets West: An Exhibition of Fine Art from Asia
Soo Hong | Aung Kyaw Htet | Yoshiko Kanai | Takashi Kogawa | Koya | Yukihiro Murai | Takuya Sasaki | Ron Yue
About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.
