PILASTRA SCULPTURE BY MAREK CWIEK

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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