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Based on the project Wilderness Secrets, Kalinowska immerses herself into the incredible shapes of the forest's flora. The figures begin to evolve and transform into more abstract forms. Species of moss and lichen are impossible to recognize now - we can see only the world of percolating shapes, organic forms caught in the act of their morphosis.
oil on canvas, 60x50cm, 2020
oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2020
oil on canvas, 20x30 cm, 2018
oil on canvas, 160x80 cm, 2018
oil on canvas, 3 pieces 20x20 cm, 2018
diptych, oil on canvas, 60x20 cm, 2017
oil on canvas, 50x70 cm
Kalinowska explores her fascination with nature and builds sculptures using plants, mosses and lichens closed in resin cubes.
This is an attempt to rescue nature as precious treasures.
The act of saving little fragile pieces in a secure space - preserving them from all the damage that can be caused by human action. Our duty is to care about nature - not to destroy it.
Malgorzata collects plants in her homeland and keeps records and documentation about the kinds of plants and the exact place where they were found. She uses cubes and spherical forms to emphasize the worth of each organic detail.
This series of oil paintings depict the secret forest's life. Mosses and lichens are organisms growing underneath our feet but are often unnoticed and overlooked, despite overgrowing old dead trees, boughs, and remnants of fauna and flora. If you come closer they appear to be a world of amazing shapes and colours – Kalinowska uses their organic forms as the subject of her paintings. Her paintings are based on the plants found in her motherland, but over time they have changed slightly. At the beginning of the series, she uses earth colours but in the latest works, colours seem more unreal, as if from a dream.
oil on canvas, 100x140 cm, 2017
oil on canvas, 100x150 cm, 2017
oil on canvas, 100x150 cm, 2017
oil on canvas, 135x100 cm, 2017
oil on canvas, 100x140 cm, 2018
oil on canvas, 100x140 cm, 2018
oil on canvas, 100x150 cm, 2018
A series of non-figurative abstract paintings inspired by landscapes. Energetic, emotional brushstrokes convey emotions in the specific scenery.
This is a contemplation of form and composition. Malgorzata uses this expression to bring feelings and memories of places from the past and draws on the freedom of this kind of expressive work.
Sarks is a series of large format oil paintings. They depict the expressive nature of flesh and body. In this series, Kalinowska looks for similarities between all living creatures. She tries to compare emotions connected to the spiritual human nature (soma) and the flesh of material beings (sarks).
This collection is highly influenced by meat narratives in art history. It takes its beginning from baroque Vanitas, and Rembrandt’s Slaughtered Ox. These examples and their meaning within their own cultures have been discussed by Kalinowska in her master's thesis.
My subject matter is nature, whether it is a painting or a sculpture. Through careful observation, I find an inexhaustible source of subject matters and inspiration. I'm truly focused on the looking for connection and relationship between humans and nature. Through my works, I create a story about our place in this world - not as independent beings, but as an integral part. I use the shapes found in organic forms and colours of the earth and dreams as my expression.