NoTitle Painting

"Who is that girl?" - is the question the first meeting with paintings by Agnieszka Koncka brings to mind. A girl with dreams and passion - kind of equivalents of a pearl found by chance. Paraphrasing the titles of well-known films the narrative character of the paintings comes to mind, it brings about criminal story where suspense is being built up by the main heroine - a mysterious woman. Every painting suggests a separate story but they undoubtedly represent an open cycle - one results from the other, like chapters of the same story. Symbols used in the compositions build up tension and arouse curiosity in the recipient ... ... In each of the portraits of these young women I see artist's self-portrait - even without knowing her true image - because she impersonates a variety of women and there is a kind of magic in this - entering the body of another human. Does the author identify herself with the painted women? Are these portraits of real flesh and blood people or fantasies born of fears and dreams? Do they have their names and biographies or do they remain in the nooks and crannies of the subconscious? This I do not know, but they certainly have their secrets, just like every human being has. Artur Chrzanowski Assistant professor at the Department of Multimedia at the Faculty of Visual Arts