STRAIN AND RELEASE SCULPTURE LAMP BY MAREK CWIEK

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STRAIN AND RELEASE SCULPTURE LAMP
BY MAREK CWIEK

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UNIQUE WORK
SIGNED, SERIAL NUMBER AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
YEAR 2025

STONEWARE CERAMIC STRUCTURE
STEEL AND FIBERGLASS DETAIL

IN	H	32.3	W	17.7	D	15.4
CM	H	82	W	45	D	39

HAND SCULPTED IN SPAIN

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LOCATION SPAIN

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Rooted in the architectural poetics of his Vertical Series, Strain and Release continues Cwiek’s ongoing exploration of balance, pressure, and time through form. While its predecessors evoked the timeless gravitas of temple columns and ancient monoliths, this work reinterprets that lineage through a distinctly contemporary lens that is industrial, tactile, and charged with emotion

At its core, the work consists of a ceramic volume tightly encircled by a bent steel element. The metal band, simultaneously elegant and forceful, wraps the stoneware body in a gesture of restraint, compressing it until the surface yields. Subtle distortions emerge where clay meets steel, revealing a dialogue between strength and vulnerability, permanence and change. The marks left behind, softened scars and faint impressions, serve as physical memories of tension transformed, of structure under duress finding new equilibrium

A quiet illumination emanates from within the cubic form, as though holding the final trace of energy released after a long-held force. This faint, interior glow suggests a metaphysical dimension—a lingering echo of pressure, a residue of endurance

A meditation on resilience and transformation, Strain and Release is both grounded and ethereal, monumental and intimate, creating an exquisite tension between the the enduring solidity of architecture with the ephemeral fragility of human experience

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Marek Cwiek

Born Cieszyn, Poland, 1987

A Polish born artist, Cwiek crafts striking stoneware sculptures that combine clean geometric forms and supple organic shapes. Boldly traversing historical periods and aesthetic vocabularies, Cwiek is inspired by sources as varied as the dynamic and energetic gestures of abstract expressionism, the ingenuity and craft of modernist industrial design, and the utilitarian minimalism of soviet brutalism. These influences infuse his work with a thrilling sense of tension, in which the soft, emotional, and natural stands in counterpoint to the hard, intellectual, and urban

In creating his raw, monolithic sculptures, Cwiek employs a minimalist approach in both aesthetic and technique to reveal the innate qualities of his materials. working primarily in high-temperature clay, he develops his own finishes and glazes to ensure perfection in the textural life of each work. Showing the craftsmanship and imagination of a true artist, each sculpture is one-a-kind and is exclusive to STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN

Cwiek’s enthusiasm for historical modes and his belief that shape is story was informed by his study of the history of language at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. A self taught artist, he began sculpting and painting in 2005. Cwiek currently lives and works in Malaga, Spain

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