The artwork titled “In the Oligocene Gardens” by Jacek Yerka is a landscape piece that belongs to the Surrealism art movement. This painting showcases Yerka’s distinctive style, which often blends reality with fantastical and dreamlike elements.
In the forefront of the artwork, a sunken garden enclosed by high brick walls is meticulously rendered. The garden is lush with verdant foliage, dominated by green plants that fill the space, creating a sense of life and vitality. A peculiar antique-looking mechanism, possibly a pump or fountain, stands near a square pond of golden water, adding an enigmatic touch to the composition. A path from the garden exits through an arched doorway in the brick wall, leading the viewer’s eye into a seemingly endless landscape of grassy hills adorned with sparsely scattered trees. Beyond the walls, the horizon stretches to a row of bare trees under a serene sky, invoking a sense of isolation and timelessness. Yerka’s seamless integration of detailed natural elements and architectural structures, bathed in a soft light, reinforces the surreal and contemplative atmosphere of the scene.
