PNEUMA - Air and Spirit
Solo exhibition at the
Liu Haisu Museum
Shanghai, China
2016 - 2017
Curated by Nora Carrillo Matamoros.
Pneuma means vital spirit, soul, or creative force of a human being. With the metalic wire Xawery Wolski creates tridimensional space between drawing and sculpture. Tendering spirit to this space, Pneuma is a blow that brings lucidity, shape and movement to matter and inert forms , such as shadow and air.
The process of making of each piece is long and laborious. It involves the meditation which is key to this work: deliberate, patient repetitive movements that start with " nothing " and pursue towards infinity. The series of works elicits a contemplative reflection upon the nature and dimensional ambiguity of space. The viewer, confronted with the simplicity of the composition but the multiplicity of messages, is invited to self-reflect and meditate. The work has an open-ended interpretation but it always leads to enhanced self-awarnes.