Decade on Fire E-Book

Rafael R. Pilsczek

• Herausgeber: BoD - Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 29

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Rafael R. Pilsczek, born in 1968, always looks into the lives of individual people in his works and draws conclusions about life itself. His painterly oeuvre impresses by sending out hundreds of human emotional signals. Decade on Fire invites us to think for ourselves, to rejoice as well as to be afraid in times that have become dark, in which nothing is as certain as it was long before. The diversity of his oeuvre is both frightening and powerful, as well as an indication that his personality intertwines writing, filmmaking and painting, and that it is in painting that his innermost views of the world are most radically represented. Without looking at guidelines, rules and norms, a unique collection has been created that interweaves the moods of the decade from 2013 to 2023.

Leseprobe

Quote

“I don‘t listen to what art critics say. I don‘t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.”

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Dedication

Dedicated to my family and in memory of Dr. Hans Wagener

About the personRafael Robert Pilsczek M. A.

Born on November 23, 1968 in Neukirchen-Vluyn on the left bank of the Lower Rhine

Resident in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg since 1994

Student of Martin Fischer, Lübeck

Extensive travels through the USA, Western and Eastern Europe

Stays in Turkey, Morocco, Israel, Russia, Serbia

Trained as a reporter at the Neue Berliner Illustrierte (NBI), Gruner + Jahr, under Klaus Liedtke

Studied history, political science, German and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin (FU), the University of Duisburg and the University of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Graduated with a Magister Artium in 1997

Readings in Germany and New York City

Exhibited in the series „Arts and Beats“, Hamburg (until 2023)

Founder and owner of PPR Hamburg (since 2003)

Table of Contents

2013–2019

The Old Epoch of Paintings

Soulstorms

American Way

The devil

Thoughts

Emotions

Weird Birds

Stars for Christmas

Provence

Lines and faces

The hiking tour

Unhappy dreams

The other things

since 2020

The New Epoch of Paintings

Animals in my world

Life Patterns

Color contrasts

Color swirls

Color strokes

Already seen

The lost religion

Plants and Flowers

Mixed Works

The Old Epoch of Paintings

2013–2019

In his first creative phase, Rafael R. Pilsczek showed himself to be a master of expressive abstraction, skillfully alternating between raw, powerful imagery and clear, narrative aesthetics. His works address the deep emotional abysses of human existence and the longing for peace and familiarity. In this field of tension, Pilsczek radically varies his painting techniques and reveals the complexity of his creative process, which is reflected in the unique expressive power of his works.

Mom or old ladyOil on canvas.

Soulstorms

In his impressive series of works in the style of abstract expressionism, Rafael R. Pilsczek reveals the deep emotions and inner conflicts of human existence through a powerful and dynamic color palette. Dominant hues merge with chaotic lines and drips to create shadowy faces, typography and vivid patterns. The unpolished aesthetic of these works reflects an expressive, unbridled artistic practice that is both intense and introspective. Pilsczek‘s free brushwork and overlapping layers of color create a deep emotional resonance that invites the viewer to explore their own interpretations and meanings.

This series is a powerful testament to Pilsczek‘s ability to convey the complexity of human emotion in an abstract and visually stunning way.

Young boy or young girlOil on canvas.

Justice in dangerOil on convas.

In heavy seas, Title 1Oil on canvas.

Without wordsOil on canvas.

My mind (with daugther)Oil on canvas

War

Oil on canvas

Heart does not help

Oil on canvas

Separation

Oil on canvas

Atomic mushroom cloud in the head

Oil on canvas

Self-portrait in winter

Oil on canvas

Source

Oil on canvas

Hard waves, Title 2

Oil on convas

In memory of Helmut Schmidt

Oil on canvas

Ellen‘s ceremony, L. A.

Oil on canvas

The Rothstein‘s backyard, North-Hollywood

Oil on canvas

Cusdanda dolorerorum invenih, 2011

Öl auf Leinwand, 80x60 cm

Unintentional Oil on canvas

Kuwait in your head

Oil on canvas