In the series Historias abstractas, each painting serves as a graphic representation of a selection of artworks from the last century. The works selected for each painting are chosen by a friend or acquaintance of the artist and arranged on a grid according to the Polish-American System of Chronology.
Originally conceived by Polish educator Antoni Jażwiński in the 1820s, this system gained recognition through General Józef Bem in the 1830s and 1840s, and it was later refined and popularized by American educator Elizabeth Palmer Peabody in the 1850s. The Polish-American System of Chronology uniquely translates historical events into colored shapes within a 900-square grid.
The grid spans a century, read from left to right and top to bottom. Each year is divided into a square, which is further subdivided into nine smaller squares representing different historical events. In Historias abstractas, the system is adapted so that each painted square symbolizes a work of art categorized by artist, year, and medium. Colors denote the birthplace of the respective artist.
