Is it possible to experience matter at all, when everything that is material does not exist, and only spiritual, mental, immaterial space is present? Today’s times, which particularly determine man through matter, often distract attention from what is material to them. Immaterialism as a current in philosophy says that there is no matter as a non-thinking, not directly perceived substance, which is the basis of sensual qualities, such as shape, movement or color. According to immaterialism, the objects that we perceive exist in reality and are only a combination of sensual qualities, and the basis of their existence is not matter, but mind (identified with spirit).

The works shown at the exhibition are a form of correspondence and a dialogue between these two worlds – material and immaterial. It is an attempt to balance between extra-physical delicacy and transience, and materiality. My exhibition is inspired by nature, the materials I have chosen, i.e. linen, felt, cotton, metal – are also of natural origin.

My works were created as a result of my love for matter and materiality, and their inspiration was the spiritual, unknowable space, which I divided into three areas: Earth, Sky, Black Matter. Undoubtedly, my favorite space to explore is the sky. For me, the space of the sky is the quintessence of what is momentary, fleeting, unintentional, and at the same time what is permanent, unchanging and orderly. In my opinion, the sky is a mysterious and surprising space. Seen from the Earth, it is often an abstract collection of shapes and colors, a mysterious space that stimulates the imagination, giving a multidimensional possibility of interpretation. A place where the knowable meets the inscrutable. The earth seen from the sky is an endless, mysterious matter. My Immaterialism is an attempt to record perceptions, observations, experiences of the surrounding reality, cultural code. Touching the unknowable and recording in immaterial matter.

Elżbieta Kuźniar