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STALOWA Gallery in cooperation with Content Art Gallery
is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition

INFINITUM - sculptures by Mariola Wawrzusiak,

which will take place at Stratos Office Center, Ks. Skorupki 5 St., Warsaw,

on Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

The exhibition runs until September 17, 2024.

Mariola Wawrzusiak's sculptures are arresting. Created from scrap metal in the process of welding with an electrode, they become metal tissue, attracting the eye. We recognize the familiar shapes of animals. Wolves, owls, bats, ants look boldly into our eyes. The world of animals arouses our curiosity, they are beautiful, they have their life cycle, their time, we understand this perfectly. This is how we think
about animals, but not about ourselves. We have a sense of infinity within us. This is surprising, because we function in the same reality. I am referring to our earthly existence. What would people's lives be like if they accepted and believed that they are not eternal? Do we have such a capacity within us to see sense in this fact? Moreover, would such an awareness result in lasting changes in our choices? And if so, what specifically would change? Search allows us to open within ourselves, these unknown areas, so it is worth stopping for a moment and looking....

Curator of the exhibition Joanna Kulis