True Nature

This etching by Bielawski came to mind the other day as I was picking the first wild asparagus of the year along the Ladysmith road. I bought it from him either in '78 or '81 with Fredek's help. As an artist he seems to have flourished, having had his own one-man exhibit at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw in 2007. A few people have told me they find the image disturbing, which may be a symptom of our alienation from nature, or it might be something else entirely.

"Rzeczywista Natura" akwaforta, m. verniks, sucha igła (drypoint etching) épreuve d'art. 1977 Andrzej Bielawski