Grandfather
Fathers – 2017
Michal Rutz
Grandfather
Fathers – 2017
Michal Rutz

Viena, Shepherds – 2013
Michal Rutz
St. Anthony and the Demons
Michal Rutz. b. 1988 Inowrocław, Poland. Lives and works in Vienna.`
“As a person brought up in a Polish, highly conservative family, I internalize the Catholic values and an aversion to certain sexual behaviors and ultimately also to myself. Through my work, I try to free body and sex from the religious matrix. On one hand, I work with depictions of religious scenes and combine them with what is excluded and on another hand. I redefine them and create a new narration.” Michal Rutz
Altar of Smolensk
Michal Rutz

Self-Portrait – 2018
Michal Rutz

Male Nude
Michal Rutz

Self-Portrait With Plucked Eye – 1931
Victor Brauner (b 1903 Romania, died 1966 in Paris) Dada, Surrealist Artist, Sculptor and Illustrator.
Self-Portrait with Plucked Eye shows the artist’s face with his eye missing and the eye cavity hanging open. The figure is seen head-on, with the one remaining eye staring directly at the viewer in a penetrating manner. This image is more representational than many of Brauner’s works, depicting a self-portrait painted in the mirror, accurate apart from the eye. The muted colors and lack of blood or gore give the piece a dream-like feel and reinforce the uncanny juxtaposition of realism and Surrealism.
