PSYCHISM – 10th Annual Charity Art Exhibition by Blaze Lojewski

PSYCHISM is an annual charity art exhibition by Blaze Lojewski, exploring perception beyond sight through contemporary abstract relief works.
The exhibition invites reflection on how meaning, emotion, and awareness emerge through texture, light, and restraint—encouraging viewers to slow down and engage with art beyond the purely visual.
Each edition continues the mission of connecting art with social responsibility, raising awareness and support for the visually impaired community.
Your presence supports awareness, education, and dignity.

ABOUT THE CAUSE
Dr. Błażej Łojewski supports—and invites you to support—the Society for the Care of the Blind in Laski (Towarzystwo Opieki nad Ociemniałymi w Laskach), an organization founded in 1911.
The institution provides education, rehabilitation, and lifelong support for blind and partially sighted individuals, empowering them to live independent, meaningful, and fulfilled lives.
Learn more:

www.laski.edu.pl
www.psychism.org
www.dwellstudiochicago.com

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Dwell Studio
7449 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-299-8876
Parking: Free parking available
Admission: Free
Donations:
ACCEPTED DURING THE EVENT AND CAN BE MADE AT WWW.LASKI.EDU.PL

MEET BLAZE LOJEWSKI
Dr. Blaze Lojewski is a true Renaissance man—a physician by education, a double-specialty medical doctor by training, and a scientist with a deep passion for art.
As the creator of Psychism, a groundbreaking artistic concept, he transforms passive viewers into active participants—creators rather than observers.
The concept aligns closely with Reductionism, a theory introduced to the art world by Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel. Reductionism suggests that less visual information stimulates greater imagination. Blaze’s work embraces minimalism, monochromatism, total abstraction, and psychoanalytical structures—not to analyze the soul, but to awaken it.
Blaze refers to his works as “The Tools”—objects designed to activate imagination and self-reflection. The relief structures create shifting shadows on white surfaces, changing perception depending on light, movement, and viewpoint. The works have no fixed orientation and can be observed from all sides—even from behind.
Viewers may physically interact with The Tools, just as The Tools interact with the viewer.
“You don’t see what you see, and I want you to see what you want to see.”
Remarkably, Blaze’s art is also accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences—simple, tactile, and readable through touch.

ARTIST STATEMENT
“Psychism is the first concept in the history of art that does not show the artist’s soul but stimulates the observer to show his or her own.
Psychism takes us to the other side of the canvas—where we encounter our dreams, our fears, and our inner, sometimes very complicated world.
It takes us out of reality and into the world of the soul, the psyche. My tools allow time to stop and give us space to deeply analyze ourselves without being judged by others—showing who we were, who we are, who we would like to be, or what we may want to escape from or move toward.
They allow us to move to the other side of the mirror, into another space of time, another dimension. In my tools, you don’t see what you see—and I want you to see what you want to see.”
— Blaze Lojewski

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