Pan Twardowski 1972

Editor: This is Colin Lanceley's "Pan Twardowski" from the Tate Collection. It feels like a surreal collage, almost like a dreamscape. What do you make of it? Curator: This work vibrates with layered symbolism. Lanceley seems to be tapping into the Pan Twardowski legend, a Faustian tale deeply embedded in Polish folklore. How does this piece speak to contemporary anxieties about power and morality? Editor: Are you suggesting it's a commentary on the choices we make and their consequences? Curator: Precisely. It could also be a critique of societal structures that perpetuate these cycles of ambition and downfall. What do you think this says about contemporary society?