The exhibition features works created over the last decade, as well as one of his most important artistic endeavors – “Leaning Citizen” (1985), a painting painted during martial law. The bent figure becomes a symbol of human humiliation, but also of a spiritual vision – a view beyond the immediate reality.

The central feature of the exhibition is the monumental panel “Fragments of Reality,” eighteen canvases painted over seven years (2018-2025), which together span over 8 meters in width and over 3 meters in height. These are the “18 Fractals of Reality,” as the artist himself calls them. The dominant color here is yellow, vibrant, cascading in pinks, greens, and yellows. Abstracted forms, hidden against a dark background, act as light impulses – points captured in the vastness of space.

Ratajski explores the continuity of matter, structures that endure despite the variability and fragmentation of human experience. It is a total painting that wants to encompass the whole – although it can only capture a part.

Organizers: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, National Centre for Culture

Exhibition financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.