MAŁGORZATA STANIELEWICZ (PL)
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Polish artist Małgorzata Stanielewicz works with black-and-white linocuts, depicting barren landscapes in precise patterns of small dots and lines that make the scenes stand out against the deep black background. Her prints show fragments and nature from a distance and in close-ups, emphasizing her immediate surroundings in her motifs.
In her graphic series “Road to the South,” pattern-based monochrome lines contrast with the quiet and empty landscapes. Mountain ranges, winding roads, and water formations appear as architectural details and maps of nature. The deserted landscapes are simplified and depicted from a bird’s-eye view. The resulting abstractions approach a space perspective. In her visual language, the artist integrates a kind of assimilation with nature.
Małgorzata StanielewiczIn her latest work, entitled “Hortus Conclusus,” she approaches the depicted objects, which appear to be seabed landscapes and coral-like objects shimmering through the deep black sea. In the close-up compositions of individual objects, she allows them to stand out clearly from the seemingly endless black background. In all her works, a desire for detail can be felt when the carefully crafted dots and lines create an imaginary landscape in which one can lose oneself.
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