Artykuł pochodzi z pisma "New Warsaw Express"

Three prints of guns, each signed "Dachau", "Guernica", and "Waco", hang as part of an exhibition currently being shown in the southern town of Bielsko Biala.
"People make the connection that these weapons are for killing," says Mateusz Fahrenholz, the Scottish printmaker behind the work. "But the real link is that these places are producing weapons, and have historically bad connotations."
Matt is one of five artists from Scotland featured in "Albatross", a new exhibition just opened in the southern town of Bielsko Biala.
Though trained in printmaking, he uses various media to make his ideas come to life. Humour is an important factor in many of his works, though he admits there is a bit of a twist to it.
"Many of the works in Albatross I thought were humorous but intelligent," he says. "It's a kind of Scottish mentality, this stone-faced humour, when you're not sure if they're making a joke or not." The exhibition was first presented in Torun, where it recorded the highest attendance figures for the Wozownia Gallery. "It is a type of art that is cryptic but it was very popular with young people."
Matt was born in Scotland to Polish parents who had fled during World War II. After studying in Aberdeen, he moved to Holland before coming to Warsaw two years ago. "I just came here to see what was going on," he laughs, "I think it's important to move about to develop, not just as an artist but as a person."
Despite his background and a good command of the Polish language, his transition into the community is not without some pitfalls. "The Polish I learned from my parents is almost like pre-war Polish. I've had people approach me and ask where I've been for the past hundred years! It's almost as if Shakespeare had suddenly appeared in present-day London."
The art community can also be a difficult world to crack. "It's sort of a lifestyle thing now, linked to DJs and clubs," Matt says.
Indeed, there is an undeniable snobbishness to the city's artsy circles. "One artist here said that artists are closest to God because they create. That just gave me the goose-bumps," says Matt, "I get the impression that artists are put on a pedestal in a way that I would hate to be seen. I think artists should just react as an individual to their environment."

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