„In pursue, to be more precise I am the witness of the evolution of Jaroslaw Potoczny's art since over 10 years, what legitimizes this text in context of a certain expertise as well as our connective friendship. By using the term "evolution", I lodge the rather "technical" than conceptual changes, since Jarek Potoczny is an absolutely distinctive and his path's conscious artist.

 

How should I therefore describe the nature of his art? The first thing that awekened my attention was the use of extremely atypical materials - at least from the view of the so-called classic painting. Various oilcloths, rubber materials, whose destiny is hard to define, last end's chubby and woolly "bears". Furthermore, colored silicone materials and neon tubes, whose technical scenery in form of cables and mysterious electric appliances the author is not willing to hide.

 

However what, saying about the artistic strength and expressin, hides behind these unconventional constructions? In my opinion, that certain "something" is the secret. This appears mostly in the graphically observable, but realistically not fully ascertainable shadow of the literary subject. May that be silhouettes of old mechanical appliances with uncertain regulations sketched, or uncanny at most levels flattened abbreviations of always reasonable. And if this is accomplished with an odd, almost fragmentary neon-tube drawing with an extraordinary artificial light that can only be created in this manner, the effect strengthens and increases.

 

What does it though give us? Connecting allthe mentioned elements Potoczny creates a mélange between uniquely artificial, in the statement industrial matter, and a mysteriously hidden, but profoundly human message. That is what I think.”