When Beksiński speaks about what is he doing he always uses a word "robota" witch is translated to "work". But actually in Polish word "robota" has got different meaning - we usually use it to describe a work which is difficult, not very satisfying, dirty, like physical work in a factory.
I've noticed it too. I wish this was conveyed in the translation. Beksinski didn't 'work' on his paintings, he 'laboured' on them. Sometimes he really makes it sound like painting is the bane of his existence haha. I have so much respect for him. He is one of very few people we could call an artist, yet he refuses to be called one and certainly doesn't behave like one.
I think otherwise, robota is the thing that gives you money, to live, buy you food and necesserities. I know even young people that say robota in a positive way. Maybe it´s regional, I´m from the southern Poland
The one thing is for sure, he usually reffered to his pieces in technical terms, as a process. He used term "robota", a part of mundane creative process which was devoid of art, even though that the piece already featured artistic features. He focused on craftmanship, and it is apparent in his interviews, whenever asked about his pieces, he always focused on technical details leaving the meaning part aside - the painting shows what it shows, and nothing more.
If you think he hated his work then you never created anything. At my gym we say "do roboty" all the time and no one gets painful flashbacks from working in communist factories in the winter.
Genius who never took too seriously his talent. He is describing is creative process like he was talking about peeling potatoes. "Robota" means more like "graft" in British slang - hard often monotonous physical work. Incredible self-document.
THIS! Yes yes yes yes yes. Back in my huge tool fan days I came across Zdzislawa and continue to show people his work when I have the chance, just to seem darker and more brooding than I really am. I love his work.
Absolutely fantastic! Beksinski is one of my all-time favorite artists. What a thrill to see this intimate look into his thoughts as he works. Thank you!
I love his art. I bet his favorite music was American jazz which imo the "Trumpeter" is playing. When he focuses on the painting and says, "No detail yet," I'm floored. There is already so much detail that it's astonishing. If he reminds me of anyone it is Dali and Bacon. I subscribed.
I agree on all, especially that "trumpeteer" must be jazz music inspirated. I used to listen to his son on the radio, he played the music I love too. Shame what happened to this family
A real magic indeed... just incredible how he got to the final form.. seems like a good thriller with some cliffhanger sometimes.. Best modern polish painter for sure.
after viewing some of his paintings on RUclips I was thinking to myself it would be great if there was a video of him and his process as he's painting.... and then this video showed up in my feed, so can phones read thoughts now? I know they're listening that's old news.... but this new technology is just creepy
I'd love to view his paintings in real life, i dont think the pictures are enough. Does anyone know of any galleries other than sanok that have his work?
Dobra robota. Tego filmu nie widziałem :) Zapowiadam wszem i wobec ,że za pewien czas (czekajcie cierpliwie). pojawią się na moim kanale utwory muzyczne w sporej mierze inspirowane dziełami Pana Zdzisława. Rap Surrealistyczny. Pozdrawiam ;)
Does he use both acrylic and oil paintings on the same canvas never heard of that before but now I want to try I wonder how it all fits together I wish there was a timelapse of him painting I would kill to understand how he creates such details
Thanks for uploading these videos ! I would like to know how could he paint everyday with oil painting drying time. Does someone know if he used alkyd ?
hi, Beksiński would plan sections, painting on dry areas (which he made a day earlier). After the paint had dried, Beksinski used to apply an alkyd resin in polymerized oil. Often it was 'Liquin' produced by Winsor and Newton. A final gloss varnish could be applied after a year, often by buyers to protect the painting. Hope it helps Franck, and thanks for watching.
@@andyteszner Thank you very much for your answer. I am extremely grateful to you for doing this archival work on RUclips. If I may allow myself an additional question, would you know if he used a particular medium to increase the drying time ?
@@franckfiorello1374 Yes. Manganese siccative. He often started with acrylic underpainting. In general, he loved acrylic for colour depth and the fact that it dries much quicker than oils. After reaching the basic shapes in acrylic, he would carry on with oil mixed with manganese siccatvie (oil drying agent). Beksinski however respected the long drying time, he used to say "archaic technological processes cannot be accelerated".
The Master painted only on fiberboard. Oil on acrylic under-paint. Brushes only flat and hard, pig's hair or nylon (different gradation and hair length). Oil paints mainly by Rowney "Artis Oil Colours", Talens "Rembrandt Artist Oil Colours".
What a mixed blessing and curse to be that talented and still somewhat disappointed in the outcome. We all see a brilliant painting, while he seems to always be struggling with something that's eluded his grasp.
By 'licking' he meant focusing on final details. Bringing to perfection. At the end of working on a painting, he often had doubts when to abandon it, and start a new one. - thanks for watching.
@@norman191000 I suppose not, looking at all those miserable modern polish B-class documentary film directors coming back from Sanok, always with the same home video footage (dd 1987), just nicely up-scaled, de-noised, re-mastered. Once published (in selected venues), they instantly claim all rights to themselves. Because of that, following their complaints against me, RUclips has already removed some films that I translated. So, last year I slowed down and temporarily gave up uploading new stuff. I still have got loads of interesting interviews which I have obtained privately from several archives (including an 1981 interview by Franciszek Kuduk, in a great quality). Also an 1999 interview about using Corel Draw clip-arts for digital art, and rendering landscapes in 3D Bryce... Back to your question, I wish I was wrong, and there is still some uncovered footage with the Master's creative flow - which I would love to share with you right away.
@@andyteszner the interesting part is 3d apps you mention. I was responsible with suggesting him a 3d software, not only bryce but then 3dsmax back in 1999-2000, but after our deliberations he stepped back, saying he is too old for learning a new, complex software. It's described in detail in "detox" book, perhaps you know it already .
^ Same here. ^.^ Many of his paintings are very mysterious and atmospheric (hazy / foggy looking) which to me gives them a lot of mood and character. Ominous but beautiful.
Acrylic will dry in a matter of hours...so it allows the artist to lay down a underpainting layer and work on it almost immediately, the very same day.
He meant the long finishing process. He would spend hours on smoothing out the details. A typical perfectionist. I translated it literally as he called it here...
When Beksiński speaks about what is he doing he always uses a word "robota" witch is translated to "work". But actually in Polish word "robota" has got different meaning - we usually use it to describe a work which is difficult, not very satisfying, dirty, like physical work in a factory.
I've noticed it too. I wish this was conveyed in the translation. Beksinski didn't 'work' on his paintings, he 'laboured' on them. Sometimes he really makes it sound like painting is the bane of his existence haha. I have so much respect for him. He is one of very few people we could call an artist, yet he refuses to be called one and certainly doesn't behave like one.
I think otherwise, robota is the thing that gives you money, to live, buy you food and necesserities. I know even young people that say robota in a positive way. Maybe it´s regional, I´m from the southern Poland
The one thing is for sure, he usually reffered to his pieces in technical terms, as a process.
He used term "robota", a part of mundane creative process which was devoid of art, even though that the piece already featured artistic features. He focused on craftmanship, and it is apparent in his interviews, whenever asked about his pieces, he always focused on technical details leaving the meaning part aside - the painting shows what it shows, and nothing more.
If you think he hated his work then you never created anything. At my gym we say "do roboty" all the time and no one gets painful flashbacks from working in communist factories in the winter.
"robota" is closer to English "labor"
Genius who never took too seriously his talent. He is describing is creative process like he was talking about peeling potatoes. "Robota" means more like "graft" in British slang - hard often monotonous physical work. Incredible self-document.
This is the best video I have seen on RUclips. I love Andy Teszner and all good people who give us access to these treasures.
No matter how many times they show his process still remains one of the perfect best kept secrets and flawless style in the art world !
Now, THIS IS INTERESTING. Observing a great artist's struggles in life and creation.
Thanks for sharing. One of the best painters ever.
THIS!
Yes yes yes yes yes. Back in my huge tool fan days I came across Zdzislawa and continue to show people his work when I have the chance, just to seem darker and more brooding than I really am. I love his work.
A real master. An inspiration for so many Artists. Thanks for this video!
Świetne filmy, bardzo dziękuję za udostępnienie.
Absolutely fantastic! Beksinski is one of my all-time favorite artists. What a thrill to see this intimate look into his thoughts as he works. Thank you!
I love his art. I bet his favorite music was American jazz which imo the "Trumpeter" is playing. When he focuses on the painting and says, "No detail yet," I'm floored. There is already so much detail that it's astonishing. If he reminds me of anyone it is Dali and Bacon. I subscribed.
I agree on all, especially that "trumpeteer" must be jazz music inspirated. I used to listen to his son on the radio, he played the music I love too. Shame what happened to this family
What an amazing glimpse into the mind of a Master. Thank you.
Probably the best process painting I have ever seen, A great video A true painter,
thank you so much for putting this together on yt!
ANDY, Thank you Very very very much! This is great!. i think you are the first who translates Beksinski's videos.
Thank you very very much Andy!!! Now i have some answers from my older questions...
Greeting from Italy
Thank you for this!!!
Thanks !
These are great thank you so much!
A real magic indeed... just incredible how he got to the final form.. seems like a good thriller with some cliffhanger sometimes.. Best modern polish painter for sure.
Amazing and insightful, your RUclips channel is the best
Great video, thanks for the subtitles and uploading
+minitumen Thanks. Check my channel for more videos about Beksiński.
Thank you for this posting. Very important insight into his working and timing.
This is very informative. I am in awe of his play on shadow and highlight to make such mind-provoking shapes.
Thanks for posting this!! beautiful work
Fantastyczny materiał👍
Truly awesome! There is nothing like this.
Thank you so much, this video is really a master lesson actually.
Love your videos. An amazing painter!
Dziekuję za wrzutę, jest to intrygujące widzieć proces Mistrza. Czy istnieje więcej tego rodzaju materiałów?
thank ypu for sharing!!
Thank you so much! :D
after viewing some of his paintings on RUclips I was thinking to myself it would be great if there was a video of him and his process as he's painting.... and then this video showed up in my feed, so can phones read thoughts now? I know they're listening that's old news.... but this new technology is just creepy
Its not the technology, its synchronicity. You are a happening in the universe.
super film pokazuje cały proces twórczy Mistrza
Amazing!!!
Damn this guys art is so similar to his personality. Brilliant and bitter.
Merci.
Люблю его искусство. 🤍
Now i know, why his paintings look like that.
Painfully beautiful.
damn! that is truly a labor of love and passion..
Excellent document
I'd love to view his paintings in real life, i dont think the pictures are enough. Does anyone know of any galleries other than sanok that have his work?
Gallery in Kraków (Cracov) here's link : nck.krakow.pl/wirtualne-zwiedzanie-galerii-zdzislawa-beksinskiego/
@@andyteszner Thank you!
24:03 The Mission - Bridges burning
For 2 years I've tried to find what song is playing at the beginning, can someone PLEASE help me out.
me too. :( I wish so much to find that song
It's Nisi Dominus RV608. II Cum dederit - Vivaldi
@@bavosaVSghiozzo It's Nisi Dominus RV608. II Cum dederit - Vivaldi.
I hope I've helped you.
Dobra robota. Tego filmu nie widziałem :) Zapowiadam wszem i wobec ,że za pewien czas (czekajcie cierpliwie). pojawią się na moim kanale utwory muzyczne w sporej mierze inspirowane dziełami Pana Zdzisława. Rap Surrealistyczny. Pozdrawiam ;)
What is that haunting song at 0:15?
RIP
8:21 obraz się przeczekał na skutek choroby "wątroba" --> ta twarz wygląda faktycznie jak wątroba tz: ma podobny kształt :D
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Does anyone know the Song from 12:03 ?
Insane
Najlepsze jest wylizywanie, ale żeby nie spieprzyć 💅
Any idea of the track around 24:40 ?
Does he use both acrylic and oil paintings on the same canvas never heard of that before but now I want to try I wonder how it all fits together I wish there was a timelapse of him painting I would kill to understand how he creates such details
Yes. A lot of painters, myself included, start with an acrylic underpainting. You can paint oil over acrylic, but not acrylic over oil.
Thanks for uploading these videos !
I would like to know how could he paint everyday with oil painting drying time. Does someone know if he used alkyd ?
hi, Beksiński would plan sections, painting on dry areas (which he made a day earlier). After the paint had dried, Beksinski used to apply an alkyd resin in polymerized oil. Often it was 'Liquin' produced by Winsor and Newton. A final gloss varnish could be applied after a year, often by buyers to protect the painting. Hope it helps Franck, and thanks for watching.
@@andyteszner Thank you very much for your answer. I am extremely grateful to you for doing this archival work on RUclips. If I may allow myself an additional question, would you know if he used a particular medium to increase the drying time ?
@@franckfiorello1374 Yes. Manganese siccative. He often started with acrylic underpainting. In general, he loved acrylic for colour depth and the fact that it dries much quicker than oils. After reaching the basic shapes in acrylic, he would carry on with oil mixed with manganese siccatvie (oil drying agent). Beksinski however respected the long drying time, he used to say "archaic technological processes cannot be accelerated".
@@andyteszner Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions and for answering them so carefully.
Dobra robota teschner, pzdr, msbg ;]
Burżuj. Miał już kamerę VHS 😳
Question: What did he usually paint on? And what kind of brushes?
The Master painted only on fiberboard. Oil on acrylic under-paint. Brushes only flat and hard, pig's hair or nylon (different gradation and hair length). Oil paints mainly by Rowney "Artis Oil Colours", Talens "Rembrandt Artist Oil Colours".
@@andyteszner did he use texture? or was everything smooth and clean?
Does anyone know a name of song 1:05 - 1:20 ?
Found it. Gustav Mahler - Adagietto Symphony 5
What's the music at 16:30??? Sounds like Pink Floyd but it's something else.
That's "Four Minutes" by Roger Waters, from album "Radio KAOS", 1987.
I knew it. Waters' unique style. Thanks!
cant understand how he did the detail
Does anyone the title of the song at 5:08?
Echo and the bunnymen - Silver
Does anyone here know what he means by "licking" exactly?
***** That was his definition of smoothing with repeated brush strokes.
Andy Teszner Thanks - just what I wanted to know :)
What a mixed blessing and curse to be that talented and still somewhat disappointed in the outcome. We all see a brilliant painting, while he seems to always be struggling with something that's eluded his grasp.
what was song 6:40 - 7:00 ..???
Can anyone explain to me what did he mean by "licking"? Did him mean "refining" or "retouching"?
By 'licking' he meant focusing on final details. Bringing to perfection. At the end of working on a painting, he often had doubts when to abandon it, and start a new one. - thanks for watching.
I can see a bit of George Stubbs in some, Rip Beksinski with the god's
Minute 13:38 kayleigh of marillion
what is the piano music at 2:58????
Emma, that is Beethoven "Hammerklavier" Piano Sonata #29 in Bb Major, Op. 106, part 3 "Adagio Sosenuto", played by Emil Gilels.
thank you, its beautiful!
@@andyteszner Czy istnieje więcej tego typu nagrań VHS pokazujących proces twórczy których jeszcze nikt nie zdigitizował?
@@norman191000 I suppose not, looking at all those miserable modern polish B-class documentary film directors coming back from Sanok, always with the same home video footage (dd 1987), just nicely up-scaled, de-noised, re-mastered. Once published (in selected venues), they instantly claim all rights to themselves. Because of that, following their complaints against me, RUclips has already removed some films that I translated. So, last year I slowed down and temporarily gave up uploading new stuff. I still have got loads of interesting interviews which I have obtained privately from several archives (including an 1981 interview by Franciszek Kuduk, in a great quality). Also an 1999 interview about using Corel Draw clip-arts for digital art, and rendering landscapes in 3D Bryce... Back to your question, I wish I was wrong, and there is still some uncovered footage with the Master's creative flow - which I would love to share with you right away.
@@andyteszner the interesting part is 3d apps you mention. I was responsible with suggesting him a 3d software, not only bryce but then 3dsmax back in 1999-2000, but after our deliberations he stepped back, saying he is too old for learning a new, complex software. It's described in detail in "detox" book, perhaps you know it already .
13:39 Kayleigh!!!
i to w czasach gdy była całkiem świeża piosenka
are there more of these?
OmnipotentO Yes, please check other videos on my channel.
8:00
Beksiński wszystko notował
How do you say his name
forvo.com/word/zdzis%C5%82aw_beksi%C5%84ski/
Here.
Why do you find his work inspirational? Please reply, thank you.
his depth of color and emotion is insane, the colors especially are so amazing, but the forms are also expressive and chilling
^ Same here. ^.^
Many of his paintings are very mysterious and atmospheric (hazy / foggy looking) which to me gives them a lot of mood and character. Ominous but beautiful.
Why having a layer of acrylic and overpaint it with oil?
Acrylic is cheaper, so it was likely a way of establishing the layout, and then perfecting it with oils.
Acrylic will dry in a matter of hours...so it allows the artist to lay down a underpainting layer and work on it almost immediately, the very same day.
Интересное видео! я в восторге, молодец!)
Я тоже снимаю видеоролики, и надеюсь тебе понравится!!!:)
I wonder what he meant by "lick it"?.
Im sure he's not tasting it. Lol
He meant the long finishing process. He would spend hours on smoothing out the details. A typical perfectionist. I translated it literally as he called it here...
@@andyteszner Thanks
La wea wena 🤩
eh zmiany, nie ma kompromisu i bezpretensjonalności
bez bez :)
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