“Shame” oil on canvas 2009 - 150 cm x 110 cm [ elvin flamingo ]
JotHaBelsi is a really sly thing, but there comes a moment in life....when you feel something that can only be called shame.
“America — the most beautiful state”
oil on canvas 2010 - 135 cm x 120 cm [ elvin flamingo ]
...once I went to the States to collect an award for “Small Spaces” (with Irek Wojtczak). It was great. I took my board and kite. We drove around in a fully outfitted Dodge.
“- maybe you should take part in family life
- ok."
oil on canvas 2009 - 150 cm x 110 cm [ elvin flamingo ]
. . . . .
“Understanding the Jothabelian Stomach” [ elvin flamingo ]
oil on canvas 2010 - 192 cm x 246 cm (three parts: 192 cm x 82 cm)
After examining me with a gastroscope, the doctor told me, “Why don't you have a seat...”. What he described looked more or less like this...
which is “understanding the Jothabelian Stomach”.
“Regular Work (or a JotHaBelsi from 9 to 5)”
oil on canvas 2009 - 110 cm x 150 cm [ elvin flamingo ]
...for the time being
I have to go to work at 9 am.
“Polnische Demokratische Toleranz”
oil on canvas 2009 - 150 cm x 110 cm [ elvin flamingo ]
...this is just a short digression on the subject of institutional relations in the transition period (no understanding of the ideas of the JHBers)
“My First Time”
oil on canvas 1988 - 265 cm x 220 cm [ elvin flamingo ]
...“My First Time”, or the first time I felt the energy of “The JHBers” - I painted this in the mountains (summer 1988) when I was hanging out with mountain folk for three weeks. My dad sewed the canvas for me out of linen canvas and curtains.