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    Alchemy Stool by Rick Owens
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    7,040
    Underlay I, Sculpted Table Lamp by Paul Matter
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    7,700
    Beige Sphere Bed by Studio Christinekalia
    Quantity
    4,950
    Siamese Sofa by Pietro Franceschini
    Quantity
    12,900
    Maiko Ceiling Mounted Brass and Clear, Carla Baz
    Quantity
    4,400
    Primitive Hardwood Low Table by Artefakto
    Quantity
    1,650
    Vanity Sculpted Vase by Dessislava Madanska
    Quantity
    1,760
    Sculpted Bronze Sconce Light by Henry Wilson
    Quantity
    2,156
    A-Symmetry, Brown Marble Console, Frédéric Saulou
    Quantity
    9,500
    Opera Juliet Washbasin by Marmi Serafini
    Quantity
    4,224
    Light Suspension, Burning Ego by Wim Verzantvoort
    Quantity
    5,890
    Tomyris Chair by Pietro Franceschini
    Quantity
    12,830
    Pair of Courtois Stone Side Tables, Frederic Saulou
    Quantity
    9,500
    Jangseung TOTEM by Lee Sisan
    Quantity
    7,920
    Riald Brass and Glass Console, Signed by Stefan Leo
    Quantity
    15,840
    Steel and Stone Console Table by Batten and Kamp
    Quantity
    4,140
    Crystal Glass Standing Light 'Exhale' by Catie Newell
    Quantity
    1,650
    Shave Bench, Hand-Sculpted and Signed by Cedric Breisacher
    Quantity
    4,620
    Intuitive Archaisme Table Tray by Cedric Breisacher
    Quantity
    1,150
    Oyster Wall-Ceiling Mounted Midnight Blue, Carla Baz
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    4,070
    Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by FAINA
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    8,890
    Stag T by Rick Owens
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    6,600
    Unique Earth Globe Sculpture by Alex de Witte
    Quantity
    2,070
    Large Ostrich Fluff Daybed by Egg Designs
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    18,310
    Circle Wall Sconce by Sander Bottinga
    Quantity
    880
    Trasiego Bench by Sebastián Ángeles
    Quantity
    3,130
    Amalgam II Brass Table Lamp Signed by Pia Chevalier
    Quantity
    1,155
    Brass Sculpted Floor Lamp "Art Deco" by Brajak Vitberg
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    8,780
    Bronze Four Legged Bowl, Signed Arno Declercq
    Quantity
    5,170
    Meteore Sculpted Table Lamp, Ludovic Clément d’Armont
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    3,190
    Sublight, Light Suspension by Roland de Mul
    Quantity
    4,400
    Solid Formations no 5 Sculptural Lamp by Stine Mikkelsen
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    3,388
    Ensemble of Three Circle Floor Lamps by Sander Bottinga
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    3,630
    Waldo Chair by Pietro Franceschini
    Quantity
    10,780
    Unique Pouf Marshmallow by Draga & Aurel
    Quantity
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    Bronze Magazine Rack by Tipstudio
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    2,640
    Yellow Waldo W2 Sofa by Pietro Franceschini
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    Unique Console by Jörg Pietschmann
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    Planck Longiligne, Sculpted Lighting Pendant by Jérôme Pereira
    Quantity
    68,233
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    Language of art as expression of everyday observations

    Language of art as expression of everyday observations

    By Ewelina Makosa

    Being a good observer of surrounding environment is crucial in the process of creating art.
    Art to me is a reflection of feelings and sensitivity, things which happen around us.
    Neither positive, calming, beautiful or tough, difficult, often socially involved topics which can not go without notice. Sometimes I go back to the times of the childhood. It is a valuable source of inspirations.

    Through my art I express emotions and tell a certain story which captures elusive and emotional moments of my life. This, I can express best through various media.

    When creating the hand-painted screen in collaboration with Jan Garncarek for Gallery Philia my emotions were totally positive and pure. They influenced my artistic activities when I was a graduate student of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. My art at that time was based on calming, positive feelings which I wanted to “infect” the viewer with. I was always enchanted by the face of nature and, how beautiful and dangerous it can be at the same time. I was interested in the way it affects us. My paintings are intended to convey emotions through a minimalist approach to space or landscape. I may say that they express a wish for intimacy with something unknowable – whether because it’s too vast or too far away or too formless. Decorative marks, form and figuration were not important for me, but rather expression of emotions through colour and gesture.

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    Over time my artistic direction evolved. I decided to express social issues concentrated on human beings. It was 2013 when I first started experimenting with large scale paintings, followed by photography and artifacts. The field of my artistic research became corporeality, traces of existence and posthuman memory in connection to analysis of forms of its content. First, I created painting projects that examined the experience of entropy of visible matter. The fascination with the issue of corporality is associated with both the symbolic capacity and sensual extent of the human body, as well as its usefulness. Issues such as fragility of existence, transience and finally death were my main point of interest.

    Currently, my artistic activities are a story of cultural and existential transformation through the prism of the disappearance of the world of traditional objects and tools. I am focusing on a very current topic, which I define as the “crisis of the traces”. That is the irreversible disappearance of tradition and forms of intergenerational communication. This communication was once full of sensual sensations and experiences. Now, we can notice the loss of all the richness of virtual and tactile diversity of the past century. We become posthumans entangled in technological everyday life, unconsciously rejecting some of humans natural habits. This is especially visible now when we are locked down at our homes deprived of the natural forms of communication with other people.

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