My Body Leads Me Down
A Winding Path
Composition 1, Dim. 35,5 x 24 x 5,5 cm
In this body of work, I delve into the rich territory of embodied cognition, a knowledge rooted in physical practice, as the only one existing since the dawn of humanity. It holds countless memories - gestures, interactions, feelings. Using clay, with its technical and historical memory, I convey personal stories through abstract forms, examining expressive juxtapositions: performance vs. passivity, craft vs. art, and, above all, object vs. subject.
Vibrant colors (engobes) intensify thrown clay traces, symbolizing non-verbal knowledge: flows, intuition, premonitions, emotionality, and memories recalled by contact with clay.
The integral frame, acting as a backrest, embeds the physical matter and animate history of the clay's territory. This evolving territory becomes both the subject and object of knowledge emerging in the creative process.
I aim to unveil tensions in physical matter - personal and collective unspoken stories, places, and contexts converging in each piece's intricate mosaic. The ceramic medium becomes a narrative device, a material trace of internal processes.
Year: 2022-24
Technique: throwing wheel, areographe spraying, firing 1200 C
Material: porcelain, engobas. Frame: wood, acrylic paint
Composition 5, Dim. 58 x 36 x 7 cm
Composition 6, Dim. 58 x 58 x 7
Composition 7, Dim. 35 x 35 x 5,5 cm
Composition 23, Dim. 58 x 36 x 5,5 cm
Composition 11, Dim. 68 x 68 x 7 cm
Composition 12, Dim. 45,5 x 35 x 5,5 cm
Composition 15, Dim. 45,5 x 45,5 x 5,5 cm
Composition 16, Dim. 79,5 x 47 x 7 cm
Composition 20, Dim. 24,5 x 24,5 x 5,5 cm
Composition 19, Dim. 46 x 46 x 3,5 cm
Composition 14, Dim. 38,5 x 38,5 x 5,5 cm
Composition 4, Dim. 24,5 x 24,5 x 5,5 cm
Composition 17, Dim. 13,5 x 13,5 x 5,5 cm
Composition 8, Dim.68,5 x 46 x 5,5 cm
Composition 18, Dim. 36 x 24,5 x 5,5 cm
Composition 22, Dim. 13,5 x 13,5 x 5 cm
Composition 25, Dim. 13,5 x 13,5 x 5 cm
Composition 2, Dim. 35,5 x 24 x 6 cm
Composition 3, Dim. 35 x 35 x 6 cm
Composition 26, Dim. 17 x 17 x 6,5 cm
Photos: Grzegorz Stadnik