Essays and reflections on the artists, encounters and questions shaping my practice.
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A Reflection on Self-Portraiture (II)
When I create, I examine and “fix” myself by growing my self-knowledge as I dig deeper into what makes me me. Because this is a very…
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A Reflection on Self-Portraiture (I)
As much as I like to be in denial about certain things, one thing stays true. And that is that something Polish is always there in…
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Who is the viewer?
I recently spent a couple of weeks teaching at a summer camp in Prato, near Florence. Once the camp had finished, I took the train into…
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Form Within a Form
About a month ago I watched a MoMa documentary on the Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa. It made for the kind of viewing that sits somewhere between…
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Küppersmühle, and what it means to leave something unfinished
A few weeks ago I went to Küppersmühle in Duisburg – a modern art museum housed in a 19th century industrial monument. The imposing chimneys along…
