Painting by Sebastian Bieniek
NEWS 2026 (II)
2026/10 (No. 37 of all)
The Priest Portrait That is after
125 years now more alive than ever
june. 16th, 2026
A priest whose face is expanded and simultaneously united by another face. Instead of being lost in this unnatural constellation, the opposite occurs. The eyes are more focused, and the figure is more present. One has the impression that the person only found themselves through the second face and only thereby became what they are. A mystical fascination emanates from the painting "Threeeye No. 5" by Sebastian Bieniek. Painted in 1901 as a classic realistic portrait, the picture is now a masterpiece that is no longer merely a portrait of a person, but rather of their soul. Bieniek seems to be able to recognize and coax out the soul not only of his paintings. In 2024, the painting was included in the Two-Faced series and given the name "Two-Faced No. 9.
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„Threeeye No. 5“ by Sebastian Bieniek, 2014. Overpainted old painting (oil on canvas) from 1901. 60 cm. x 47 cm. (overpainted medium, here an old painting) from the oeuvre of BieniekFace (Bieniek-Face) by the artist. Since 2024 also titeled "Two-Faced No. 9"
In the 2014 painting „The Guardian Angel“ (also titled *Facination No. 9*) by Sebastian Bieniek, a figure that appears to be from another world places its arm around another figure; together, they merge into an aura-like form that becomes part of the background. This evokes the Russian word for the soul, *dusha*—a term that links the soul with air (or "ether," as it would have been called before the concept of "nothingness" was invented) and everything related to air, as well as with the spirit and the breath. It is not without reason that Bieniek is regarded as the painter of the soul—an artist who seeks to visualize and depict things that are otherwise invisible to the eye. Do fate, predestination, spirits, and guardian angels exist? The answer seems to lie hidden within Bieniek’s paintings.
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