42.Feb 2022, from the series “Bodies”
The Bodies series is the result of observing everyday rituals—specifically, the process of drying clothes in a tumble dryer. These objects serve as a personal reflection on motherhood and the role of a woman-artist, as their creation is closely tied to repetitive household chores. The fibers, hair, and fabric remnants accumulating in the dryer filter form organic, ephemeral shapes that seem to layer like a record […]
Untitled, from the series “Bodies”
The Bodies series is the result of observing everyday rituals—specifically, the process of drying clothes in a tumble dryer. These objects serve as a personal reflection on motherhood and the role of a woman-artist, as their creation is closely tied to repetitive household chores. The fibers, hair, and fabric remnants accumulating in the dryer filter form organic, ephemeral shapes that seem to layer like a record […]
Untitled, from the series “Bodies”
The Bodies series is the result of observing everyday rituals—specifically, the process of drying clothes in a tumble dryer. These objects serve as a personal reflection on motherhood and the role of a woman-artist, as their creation is closely tied to repetitive household chores. The fibers, hair, and fabric remnants accumulating in the dryer filter form organic, ephemeral shapes that seem to layer like a record […]
Untitled, from the series “Bodies”
The Bodies series is the result of observing everyday rituals—specifically, the process of drying clothes in a tumble dryer. These objects serve as a personal reflection on motherhood and the role of a woman-artist, as their creation is closely tied to repetitive household chores. The fibers, hair, and fabric remnants accumulating in the dryer filter form organic, ephemeral shapes that seem to layer like a record […]
Untitled, from the series “Bodies”
The Bodies series is the result of observing everyday rituals—specifically, the process of drying clothes in a tumble dryer. These objects serve as a personal reflection on motherhood and the role of a woman-artist, as their creation is closely tied to repetitive household chores. The fibers, hair, and fabric remnants accumulating in the dryer filter form organic, ephemeral shapes that seem to layer like a record […]
Black Holes
This work is a minimalist composition featuring black, worn-out socks arranged on a metal grid. These everyday, personal items, seemingly worthless, take on a poetic meaning in this arrangement. The rhythmic structure, reminiscent of archival and taxonomic classifications, contrasts with the randomly fallen socks introducing a narrative and performative element. Materials such as aluminum profiles, glossy plexiglass and glass give the work a raw […]
Shelf With Jeans
In Shelf With Jeans, Szostek reflects on identity and the archiving of everyday experiences. The piece consists of two pairs of worn-out jeans, a photograph of a hand with a seashell-adorned fingernail, and metal shelving forming a panel. The arrangement recalls pop-art compositions, such as Andy Warhol’s iconic depictions of Elvis Presley. However, instead of mass culture icons, the artist focuses on the […]
Love and Hangover
The installation evokes an in-between state—a moment of transformation where identity and materiality begin to dissolve. Szostek uses a unique thermoplastic technique in which photography becomes a raw material transformed into digital and hand-composed collages. These are then applied to surfaces that resemble both the smoothness of screens and the softness of human skin. This technique stems from the experience […]
Lapse
An additional element of the exhibition is a damaged fragment of the cast—separated and presented as an independent, fully legitimate object. Its presence becomes a key point in the story about mistakes and imperfections, which not only do not diminish the work but actually enrich it.
The Secret Lapse
The fountain-sculpture The Secret Lapse was built around an alienated object—a worn-out sock with holes. It is surrounded by clusters of flowers inspired by the drawing Morning from the Times of Day series by the Romantic painter Philipp Otto Runge. A seemingly trivial item elevated to the status of a sculptural object cast in noble material playfully challenges aesthetic and symbolic conventions […]
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