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 […]
THE SECRET LAPSE
The pulsating rhythm of the music transitions seamlessly to the monotonous sound of the washing machine. The cycle ends in spinning, rinsing, and draining. Drying. Galaxies of swirling socks are sucked into black holes. From now on, lonely and flawed, they orbit in another universe. Dryer filters covered in everyday dust, a felt suit chewed to the bone by insects and buried […]
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