Untitled 15, 2026
graphite, charcoal and watercolour on Arches paper, 45 x 60 cm
Unique
Paweł Książek’s Narration
series is a constellation of autonomous drawings that bring together
visual elements and text, creating a space where visuals and language
coexist in tension and resonance. The drawings are created through a
process in which the meanings of the image and the text remain open
rather than fixed. The visual layer does not illustrate the text, nor
does the text explain the image, although they may sometimes loosely
connect. Word and image function as independent yet mutually influencing
forces within a field of meanings and associations, creating a tension
in which the image plays a particularly significant role.
Rendered in a restrained monochrome palette, the works move between
figuration and abstraction, presenting fragments of bodies, textures,
mechanical forms, traces of faces, and indeterminate landscapes, as if
retrieved from a subconscious archive. Suspended between recognition and
disappearance, they evoke traces emerging from memory and perception.