SPANISH LIGHT EXPO / THE OPENING

Anna Nosowicz Ruiz – „Spanish Light”: solo exhibition in Xanadu Gallery in Warsaw, Poland.

The opening: Wednesday September 13th 2017 at 6 p.m.–9 p.m. in Xanadu’s headquarters at 51 Hoża Street.

Polish-Spanish Chamber of Commerce is the honorary patron of the event. Partners:
Artinfo.pl, OneBid, Wnętrza 3D, Cuisine Chic Catering, Chivas.

The exhibition presents works that came straight from Spain, where the
artists lives and works. It is an extraordinary energetic painting, full of colours reflecting
southern warmth and spirit. Spanish light has a huge impact on the artist’s latest work – she
has brightened the palette, selecting more contrasting colours and less obvious
combinations. Abstractions of Anna Nosowicz Ruiz are not only full of colour, but also
contrasts that come from the clashes of bold, expressive brush strokes with geometric motifs
and big monochromatic surfaces. The artist is basing mostly on her intuition, translating
freely her impressions and experiences on the language of painting. She does that very
skillfully, using rich painting workshop, which she meticulously put together at the Academy
of Fine Arts in Wrocław and developed during artistic residencies in Spain.

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You have to ask her yourself about the dog…

It all began, as it often happens, with love and passion. She studied painting in Wrocław and
knew that practising art was the only thing that interested her in life. He had great passion
for teaching history and was aware of the economic crisis in his home country of Spain, and
decided to come to Poland and work for a corporation. If he didn’t meet her, he’d be
completely unhappy. But they did meet. Love and crucial decisions entered the scene,
including the one where passion is the most important. She can paint anywhere, but he can
teach the history of Spain only in Spain. (…)
Was this autobiographical introduction necessary? After all, it does, to some degree, strip
the author of her privacy. It seems to me that it was necessary in order to understand and
fully appreciate the images Anna will show in Xanadu. This is her latest work from the last
two years. They reflect the uncontrollable joy and wonderful emotions that we feel when we
discover love for another human being, as well as the amazing energy and excitement from
discovering a new, previously unfamiliar country, and its culture and landscape.
Anna Nosowicz had previously already been fascinated by Spain, and she tried to take trips
there. However, being a tourist and actually living in another country and getting to know it
well on a daily basis are two completely different things. This experience and all the other
life stories from the last few years have greatly influenced Anna’s work. Her pieces have
become even more decisive; you could even say that they’re determined. At the same time,
they’re balanced and built in such a way that we perceive the artist’s personality in them –
both the creative and personal sides.
Anna is a strong person who uses the language of abstraction to communicate with us
clearly. The title of the exhibition is not accidental. Spanish light has a huge impact on the
artist’s latest work – she has brightened the palette, selecting more-contrasting colours and
less-obvious combinations. Her paintings are bursting with energy. They have what we
associate with Spain: a vastness of colours; openness, hospitality, as well as the impetuosity
of Spanish characters; all the flavours of the simple yet varied Spanish cuisine; the rich art
collections that have been created over many years in this country and that we can only
envy the Spaniards for; palm landscapes; bustling cities, and beaches for miles. But Anna’s
painting is not an illustration. It’s a record of her emotions, of what she absorbs from her
surroundings. The artist skilfully translates personality and experience into art, enriching it.
She sets them on a canvas of a rich and sophisticated painting workshop, which she
meticulously put together at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław.
Her private story shows courage, which she also has in her professional life. Anna Nosowicz
has repeatedly confronted her art with other artists. She has won contests, received
scholarships, and participated in residencies. She is consciously building her career as a
painter, both in Poland and in Spain. Determination, originality of her art and the ability to
„translate” impressions into artistic language make viewing her paintings an extraordinary
experience. However, in all of this, she is also very delicate. Many of the compositional
moments in her work have subtle collisions of abstract forms, or very delicate emphases on
colour that build surprising concepts. You need to be open to them in order to understand
and appreciate that Anna Nosowicz is also mysterious. She’ll never open up to us completely,
and her painting will be subject to eternal interpretation, meaning that we will enter into an
endless dialogue with it.