DIVERGENT MOTIONS COFFEE TABLE BY MAREK CWIEK

In Divergent Motions, cwiek expands on the the formal and conceptual investigations of his Horizontal Sculptures series to enter a new spatial dimension defined by suspension, separation, and the charged stillness between forms. The work reimagines architectural mass not as something anchored to the ground, but as a state of poised tension, where gravity, structure, and resistance become visible forces in dialogue

Two substantial stoneware volumes are held aloft within an industrial steel scaffold that serves as both a physical support and a conceptual device. By lifting the dense blocks into air, Cwiek transforms the language of architecture into one of suspension and defiance. The scaffold becomes a skeletal architecture of containment and liberation, elevating the volumes while exposing their isolation

Though materially identical and balanced in proportion, the two forms turn away from each other, oriented in divergent directions. Their opposition evokes the sensation of magnetic repulsion, two entities sharing a common origin yet rejecting connection. The void between them becomes the true field of tension: an invisible architecture of conflict, potential, and restraint

Divergent Motions reflects on the paradox of harmony denied, how proximity can coexist with dissonance, and how beauty can arise from unresolved balance