Student Artwork Guide

4 parts 1 The artwork2 In context3 Artist and museum4 Look closely

Name Class Date

wilhelm sasnal, A Church. Reproduced for reference; rights reserved by the rights holder.

The facts

Artist: wilhelm sasnal originaluniqueart.com/en/artists/wilhelm-sasnal/
Artist’s dates: 1972 – ?

Copyright This work is treated as still under copyright. wilhelm sasnal was born in 1972 and has no recorded death date; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death. The image is shown here for classroom reference; rights remain with the rights holder.

A Church — wilhelm sasnal

When might this have been painted?

1970

Shaded: the lifetime of wilhelm sasnal (1972–?)

This record has no exact year on file — using the artist's lifetime and the work's style, what decade would you guess?

Compare with

Moscice 1, 2005 originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-moscice-1-D9883G-en/
Moscice 3, 2005 originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-moscice-3-D9883U-en/
Moscice 2, 2005 originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-moscice-2-D98846-en/

Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.

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Colours

Measured from the image

Main colour

Phthalo Green #202121

Catalogued palette

#202121
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Palette: Earthy The dominant colour family in the image.
Main colour name: Phthalo Green
Intensity: Monochromatic How saturated and varied the colours are, from a single toned-down hue to many bright ones.
Contrast: Serene How much the colours differ in lightness and saturation across the picture.
Harmony: Unified Palette How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
Brightness: Deep_shadow How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
Saturation: Subtle Color How pure and strong the colours are, from near-grey to fully vivid.

A Church — wilhelm sasnal

Artist

wilhelm sasnal

Wilhelm Sasnal: A Chronicle of Contemporary Reality

Wilhelm Sasnal, born in Tarnów, Poland, in 1972, isn’t merely a painter; he's a meticulous chronicler of our time. His work, spanning painting, photography, film, and graphic narratives, offers a disconcerting yet compelling reflection on memory, history, pop culture, and the lingering shadows of Eastern Europe’s communist past. Sasnal doesn’t seek to offer grand pronouncements or overt political statements; instead, he quietly observes, collects fragments – images ripped from newspapers, stills from films, snapshots of everyday life – and reassembles them into a complex tapestry that invites prolonged contemplation.

His early artistic trajectory was shaped by the Ładnie group in Kraków, a collective known for its deliberately unskilled aesthetic. Rejecting the prevailing academic standards of the time, they produced paintings depicting their immediate surroundings with a detached, almost clinical precision. This initial approach established a foundation – a willingness to engage with the banal and the commonplace – that would become central to Sasnal’s later work. It was a deliberate act of resistance against the perceived pretension of the art establishment, a quiet assertion of authenticity rooted in observation rather than grand ambition.

Where to read more

The artist wilhelm sasnal originaluniqueart.com/en/artists/wilhelm-sasnal/
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Find this online

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Cite this artwork

MLA: sasnal, wilhelm. A Church. n.d., https://originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-a-church-AQQ9UG-en/
APA: sasnal, wilhelm (n.d.). A Church [Painting]. https://originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-a-church-AQQ9UG-en/
Chicago: wilhelm sasnal. A Church. n.d. https://originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-a-church-AQQ9UG-en/
Harvard: sasnal, wilhelm (n.d.) A Church. Available at: https://originaluniqueart.com/en/art/wilhelm-sasnal-a-church-AQQ9UG-en/

A Church — wilhelm sasnal

Look closely

Answer in your own words. There are no wrong answers here — only answers you can explain.

What catches your eye first, and why?
Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
Our catalogue files this work under: temples. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
Look back at Moscice 1 (2005), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
What might the artist have wanted you to feel?

Your response

Write a short paragraph about this artwork. Use the facts from the earlier parts of this guide, and your answers above.