In Stefanski’s world, words are unstable and slippery. They can offer clarity one moment and confuse the next. This fluidity mirrors the instability of modern identity and the precarity of meaning in a post-truth world. His paintings acknowledge this uncertainty and revel in it, offering no easy answers—only reflections. Language, for Stefanski, is a way to process life’s absurdities, disappointments, and fleeting moments of connection.
The humor in his work is never gratuitous; it’s a survival mechanism. Stefanski uses wit to cope with the burdens of self-awareness and artistic ambition. His paintings articulate thoughts we often repress: the fear of mediocrity, the need for approval, the absurdity of creating in a world oversaturated with content. Through these confessions, he offers a kind of solidarity with viewers, who may see their own fears and frustrations mirrored back at them.
