Sarah Księska
88 5/8 x 47 1/4 in
“I work with digital methods and try to reflect upon the influence this has on painting. The final works begin as digital sketches, layered compositions and collages. I like to see the virtual artwork getting its body back. This is why I realize my digital images in paintings. The physicality they get through this process is not just material, but also haptic. Every touch has an identity of its own. It's absurd to simulate a programmer's simulation of real paint brushes from a drawing program, which I tried in a couple of works. The results can get quite strange, but I like that. The digital for me is a state of existence that has to do with a certain kind of otherworldliness and the detachment from reality and physicality, but on the other hand it is a space extremely calculated and defined.Working with it really accelerates the process of image composition, and finally gives space to something more spiritual, undefined, to emerge later.”- Sarah Księska
“At the moment I am using aluminum sandwiched panels for my work. Their smooth and closed surface allows me to construct, collage and erase my paintings, similar to the feeling of painting on my tablet. I feel more familiar with industrial and technological materials than touching a linen sheet. Since switching to metallized materials I have been able to develop some particular techniques that help me to realize all the different gestures and aesthetics of the images I have in mind.
I like how these materials have a sense of being somewhat mysterious and not immediately categorizable.” - Sarah Księska
This work was previously featured in the exhibitions:
(GROUP SHOW) Unto Dust, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris, France, 2023