Xawery Wolski

Xawery Wolski’s art is a demonstration of connectivity and communication. Growing up in Poland during the Communist Party’s occupation, the artist inherited an atmosphere of both regression and rebellion. From his restricted life as a youth, Xawery has become dedicated to the pursuit of freedom, especially for the artist. “Knowing that we are all alike…we have a desire for freedom, happiness….we fear disease, bad luck, death…and finally, no matter which cultural, social or moral patterns we know, we look for communication.”

Wolski’s predecessors in minimal sculpture (Brancusi, Judd, Morris) inform the art he creates with the simplest organic materials: seeds, beans, rope, clay, shells, stone. His work with seeds illustrates the continuum of form and of life; a seed contains all that its maturity will be: its birth, death, and eventual return to life. The use of seeds and other organic material for Wolski is not only a homage to nature but a way to connect with the metaphor of continuation and cycles of earth’s history. The sculptures draw no limits and seek to stimulate reflections on presence and absence, giving a metaphysical aspect to the work.

Submitted by Galeria Senda