Belly

A frequent motif of Jawiga Sawicka's works – alongside words taken out of context and garments – is the human body. The artist explores both its symbolic potential and physical dimension. Belly belongs to a series of photographs showing parts of human body against the background of claret-coloured faux fur. The centrally placed male belly of considerable size and deprived of its owner because of its autonomy evokes emotions oscillating between surprise and disgust.


Jadwiga Sawicka (b. 1959) – creates paintings, photographs, objects, text installations and poetry. Graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (diploma in 1984 from Jerzy Nowosielski's studio). Her art is often described as “written painting” because the artist makes use of slogans and headlines taken from newspapers, advertisements or the Internet.

Her works are in the collections of Bunkier Sztuki, National Museum in Krakow, MOCAK, National Museum in Warsaw, Zachęta in Warsaw, Wrocław Contemporary Museum and Arsenal Gallery in Białystok, to name a few.