Wine Painting "The Mutilated World" Canvas Print

 This painting was created with Italian wine, a warm red that deepened with time. 

I am exhibiting it for "Ode to Joy," a contemporary art Exhibition in Paris from 8-10 May, 2026. The event is inspired by the poet Adam Zagaiewski, whose lyrics you can read below.

By Adam Zagajewski

Translated By Clare Cavanagh

Try to praise the mutilated world.

Remember June's long days,

and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.

The nettles that methodically overgrow

the abandoned homesteads of exiles.

You must praise the mutilated world.

You watched the stylish yachts and ships;

one of them had a long trip ahead of it,

while salty oblivion awaited others.

You've seen the refugees going nowhere,

you've heard the executioners sing joyfully.

You should praise the mutilated world.

Remember the moments when we were together

in a white room and the curtain fluttered.

Return in thought to the concert where music flared.

You gathered acorns in the park in autumn

and leaves eddied over the earth's scars.

Praise the mutilated world

and the gray feather a thrush lost,

and the gentle light that strays and vanishes

and returns.