Tomasz Kręcicki Cables, 2024
Oil on canvas
190 x 170 cm
Depicting exposed wires sticking out of a cable, the work was conceived in context of Tomasz Kręcicki’s exhibition Move. The artist, who was anticipating his own move to another studio space when he conceived of the exhibition, seems to have spun out scenarios of such a relocation. Evoking an entire parallel realm of impressions and even sensations, Kręcicki's paintings become stepping stones for our imagination: The monumentally enlarged details of seemingly ordinary objects amount to brief glimpses, in close-ups, of a narrative that extends into the past and, importantly, will continue. The motif can symbolize both moving out—an appliance has been removed—or a beginning: a connection for the future.