{"id":7,"date":"2024-04-12T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:44:46","slug":"forty-year-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Forty Year Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1da03c2a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-444d5ee8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>IRENA CZAPSKA <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Printmaking is my language. I trace the boundaries between feeling and form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">website under construction<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-444d5ee8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9fe8ed88 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain has-base-2-color has-contrast-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f5efc7c01cc512c0b3e5772de842ace1 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-quote-is-layout-8a368f38 wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow is-style-plain--1\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Please be aware<\/p>\n<cite>This website is being worked on and will be added to in due course.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-0733e5d0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/contact\/\">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"first, know who you are screenprint &amp; monoprint\" class=\"wp-image-8\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-768x1127.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-1047x1536.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-1396x2048.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/191-Irena-Czapska-scaled.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Image: first, know who you are  screenprint &amp; monoprint 112cm x 76cm Somerset satin 300gsm<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-4f15e8fe wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>My work is an ongoing exploration of self-image which considers how connecting strands through identity and displacement, reveal themselves.Using the absent body, dresses and portraiture as ciphers, the work explores uncertainties and existential fears of who we are and where we are placed in this world.<br>Memory and narrative are erased and reworked in the print process which is temperamentally suited to this kind of engagement. This development of ideas can lead through terrains where the idea of completion is not necessarily an expectation and where ideas are constantly revisited and revised &#8211; allowing for the work to be in a state of ongoing investigation and growth.<br><br>I am working on a series of projects around the dress shape and an ongoing pandemic project with a provisional title <em>Hold in Your Hands.<\/em> During lockdown, I documented daily for a year, images specifically of flowers, hair and soil. The flowers, hair and soil all hold folds of meaning which shift and reshape and lead back to body spaces as a locus of the limitations of my understanding during this time of uncertainty and altered reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-87beb0d0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-47c06fe3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRENA CZAPSKA Artist Printmaking is my language. I trace the boundaries between feeling and form. website under construction Please be aware My work is an ongoing exploration of self-image which considers how connecting strands through identity and displacement, reveal themselves.Using the absent body, dresses and portraiture as ciphers, the work explores uncertainties and existential fears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fortyyearproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}