In Zbigniew Rogalski's work reflections, after-images, film stills and photographs all overlap the image of reality, as if in a specially constructed optic machine which retains on the surface of the canvas the emotions and meanings which normally are no more permanent than a drawing on a steamed-up glass.

A number of his works allude to the classic genres of painting, such as portrait or landscape. However, by interweaving different clichés and conventions of representation, Rogalski is led to surprisingly essential painterly solutions which make the tradition of this medium interesting anew. He succeeds in restoring a visionary element in painting and does so in a very suggestive manner.

In his paintings, Rogalski highlight...