ROBERT SZCZERBOWSKI

Fractal paintings originated at the intersection of painting and technology to explore virtual reality, a new dimension brought by the digital age. Discovering the potential of fractal geometry for art, Szczerbowski draws these virtual structures into the real world and materializes them as painterly subjects by traditional means. He is inspired by the similarity of forms created as a result of purely mathematical operations and using a machine (but not AI) to astonishing motifs, often psychedelic, known from the sphere of human imagination, which have previously manifested themselves in art and religion, among other places.

The artist calls his works "cybercanvases" and adds: "A machine, calculating a fractal, thinks digitally. A human, painting a fractal, thinks analogue." In this process takes part a subjective factor related to an individual gesture, a sense of color, an error, etc.