Barbara Gancarz-Błoński was born in Sanok. In 2004, after spending twelve years in Germany, she came back to Poland and started her studies at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. During her studies, the artist did an internship in Slovakia. She obtained the Master of Fine Arts title at the studio of Professor Bogusz Salwiński.
In her artistic work, Barbara Blonski prefers drawing and sculpture but also uses other techniques like installation art, painting or photography. The artist lives and works in Kraków; she also teaches at the Faculty of Art of the University of Rzeszów.
Symptoms of life
Life, when do we say that someone lives??
Is breathing, heartbeat, warmth of the body or eye movement a sign of life?
Or maybe, someone who has a sense of feeling and reacts to stimuli is alive?
Isn’t it true that often someone is alive but as if non-existent,
seems to be living but only just.
Sometimes we dwell, live among dead bodies, paralyzed human souls that have no strength for action, awakening. The body lives but the soul and heart seem to be lifeless. Everyone uses free will to build his or her life; at times, on their way they encounter obstacles which are simply there to be overcome.
A person always makes a choice, a choice of the path of life, our, your life.
Awakening soul, heart ready to receive and give love, hands eager to help, mouth creased into an unaffected, honest, understanding and supportive smile - isn’t any of them a sign of life?
Small things that join together our being are the symptoms of life.
They make us realize we are alive.
What would be the sense of human beings if they lived only for the sake of living?