Michał Walczyk (Pan Miś) — Notebooks & Manuscripts Archive

Manuscript #01 Existential Ambition & Matejko

#Matejko #KingOfArt #Existentialism #SovereignAmbition

MR. BEAR this is me mr. bear artist - art brut. life is meaningless because you are born and then you die I am a painter, sculptor, draftsman. this is me mr. bear Lower Silesia is in - my heart I would like to be God. and King of Art. like matejko

Curatorial Note: Culminating manuscript entry — combining existential melancholy with supreme artistic ambition.

Manuscript #02 Generational Roots

#GenerationalMemory #UhlanLineage #SongLyrics #PPM

I am proud to be - grandson of a Miner, great-grandson of - an Uhlan, great-grandson supporter of Górnik Wałbrzych Mr. Bear artist art brut. end of text - song

Curatorial Note: Self-definition through generational lineage (miner, cavalryman) styled as lyrical song stanzas.

Manuscript #03 Topography & Ghosts

#Topography #Wałbrzych #KsiążCastle #Ghosts

MR. BEAR This is me MR. BEAR Artist Art brut I come from the city of Wałbrzych - city of mines, mills, Piasts this is me mr. bear Artist Art brut lover of Lower Silesia here I was born I live and here I want to - die city in which there is Książ Castle wałbrzych, wałbrzych, Dworzysko, Dworzysko this is me mr. bear artist art brut. I come from the city of wałbrzych Where Ghosts Dwell

Curatorial Note: Mythological topography mapping Wałbrzych as a city of coal mines, Książ Castle, and ancestral spirits.

Manuscript #04 Mining Heritage & Symbolism

#MiningHeritage #GórnikWałbrzych #Iconography #Silesia

Polish Lower Silesia Polish Lower Silesia I am a supporter of Górnik Wałbrzych Miner Miner Miner Miner [Drawing: Mining emblem — crossed hammers]

Curatorial Note: Hand-drawn mining hammers emblem highlighting deep familial and industrial roots in Lower Silesia.

Manuscript #05 Lineage & Nikifor Reference

#Nikifor #OutsiderArt #MiningHeritage #SzczawnoZdrój

MR. BEAR I am proud to be the grandson of a Miner I am a supporter of Górnik Wałbrzych. Polish good Silesia I like my small town Szczawno Zdrój I am an artist like Nikifor Art brut I am proud to be the grandson of a Miner Szczawno Zdrój

Curatorial Note: Explicit placement of his practice within the global Outsider Art canon by referencing Nikifor Krynicki.

Manuscript #06 Strict Identity Manifesto

#Manifesto #PanMiś #BoundaryMarker #EndOfText

this is me MR. BEAR this is me MR. BEAR I am an Artist, painter sculptor, draftsman end of text

Curatorial Note: Categorical declaration of agency concluded by his signature closing formula "end of text".

Manuscript #07 Identity Incantation

#Identity #PanMiś #LowerSilesia #SelfDetermination

me MR. BEAR I am an Artist painter sculptor, draftsman I am a Lower Silesian. I am a Pole MR. BEAR MR. BEAR I am a Lower Silesian. I am a Pole I am an Artist, painter, sculptor, draftsman. MR. BEAR MR. BEAR

Curatorial Note: Rhythmic, mantra-like repetition affirming artistic, regional, and personal sovereignty.

Manuscript #08 Process & Painting Journal

#PaintingLog #SwampMonster #Turpentine #LoreNaming

Feb 4, [ MONSTER FROM THE SWAMPS ] Feb 4 - 2nd day of painting the figure - - On a large black canvas I painted Mud-Man, his hands, skin, - bullet hole. I got a bit annoyed when I painted his dead skin because it got a bit messed up around the eye sockets. and cheek traces. But maybe tomorrow I'll add turpentine, maybe he would hold up. Or [ Monster from the Swamps, Ghost from the Swamps ] [ or King of Souls from the Swamps Or - Swamp Man ] ------------------------------------ Prefects

Curatorial Note: Rare real-time documentation of the physical struggle with black canvas, turpentine, and the naming process of an uncurbed Art Brut figure.