New figuration refers to artistic tendencies in post-war art that rejected the aesthetics of impersonal abstract art and updated various forms of return to the figure.[1][2] While they assumed a human phenomenon, the human did not have to be physically present - a trace or sign was sufficient. The new figuration was not introduced by any manifesto and did not give rise to any homogeneous group.[3] In relation to the previous periods, it is essentially the counterpart of sentimental-aesthetic tendencies and represents an internally urgent expression of moods and existential feelings, which can sometimes appear even as a cult of "ugliness".[4]