Winston Chmielinski‘s work lies unconscious on the shore of a familiar reality, washing back into a surreal sea while melting into the already saturated sands of time.
Chmielinksi paints visual murmurs that are ironically concise. Although the figures in his pieces are faintly recognizable, they are still easy to identify with. Paintings like Relearning How to Breathe , The Inner Glow of a Backlit Sit, and Proof That We Are Here, taps into an abstract sentiment that plunges the audience into a vat of distant memories.
The Inner Glow of a Backlit Sit. | Winston Chmielinski.
Rub Dry. | Winston Chmielinski.
Mirage of Some Faces I Know You Know When Asphalt on a Hot Day from Far Away Looks Like the Sea. | Winston Chmielinski.
A Round of Crossfire Prayers Goes Clip Clap Clip. | Winston Chmielinski.
Three Can Be So Vicious. | Winston Chmielinski.
Some Place in the Middle or on the Edge. | Winston Chmielinski.
Akeem is our founder. A writer, poet, curator and profuse sweater, he is responsible for the curatorial direction and overall voice of Quiet Lunch. The Bronx native has read at venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, KGB Bar, Lovecraft and SHAG–with works published in Palabra Luminosas and LiVE MAG13. He has also curated solo and group exhibitions at numerous galleries in Chelsea, Harlem, Bushwick and Lower Manhattan.