GENEALOGY SERIES
Some time ago I learnt that my fifth great grand-father, Joseph aka Józef Probst, in the second half of the XVIII century came from Germany to Warsaw to work with the royal plasterers’ team and soon became one of the most recognized stucco decorators of his time.
His son Józef, my fourth great grand-father, also a plasterer, received a prize for his “capital of a composite order” at the Warsaw Fine Arts Exhibition (1825), a couple of months before his death at the age of 33. The jury appreciated “the beauty and precision of the form, the pure style and the accuracy of the finish”.
The Genealogy series is about mixing and combining different cultural and aesthetic DNAs. It is also meant to be a dialogue with my ancestors, an attempt to create a bridge over those 200 years that divides us.
1. from the series Genealogy I (2018), porcelain, road paint, h. 15- 35 cm
2. from the series Genealogy II (2019), porcelain, parian ware, h. 15- 35 cm/ Two different porcelains, two different styles, two different DNAs.
3. from the series Genealogy III/ on contrasts (2019), porcelain, engobe, h. 15- 35 cm/ On contrasts that unite instead of dividing. Two different styles, two different DNAs and an earthenware engobe merging them together.
4. from the series Genealogy IV (2019), parian ware, h. 9- 35 cm
On relations: on adjusting, on mismatching and the difficult art of maintaining a balance.
1. from the series Genealogy/ on adjusting (2019), porcelain, parian ware, h. 60 cm, 40 cm
2. from the series Genealogy/ on mismatching (2019), porcelain, h. 35 cm
3. from the series Genealogy/ on the difficult art of maintaining a balance (2019), porcelain, parian ware, h. 30- 40 cm
4. from the Genealogy series/ on relations (2019), porcelain, parian ware, h. 25- 33 cm
Not Kintsugi/ on mending that which was never broken (2020), porcelain, parian ware, h. 30- 50 cm
GENEALOGY SERIES / BALTIC STORYBOOK / DEBRIS SERIES / BASTARDS /
KRISTOFF STORIES / TEABOWLS