Sheets of paper and fragments of cardboard. Scaled perforations and delicate cracks across wide surfaces. Pale and dark scraps of matter. Bluish tones and earthy reds outlining horizons, drifting freely in different directions. Traces of black forming unstable figures. Shapes that meet and overlap, composing quiet arrangements that fall into their own inner order.

In Daybreak, a new series by Natalia Załuska, her distinctive abstraction-based language remains unmistakable. Geometric forms continue to serve as key points of reference, engaging in a dialogue with abstract avant-garde traditions, evoking the rhythmic compositions of Maria Jarema, the sculptural-architectural investigations of Alina Ślesińska, and the works on paper or monument studies by Magdalena Więcek. In comparison to her earlier works, Załuska’s latest series invites us to consider subtle shifts in her approach. These pieces feel more nuanced, each emerging as an autonomous composition that suggests its own narrative. One might notice patches of dark colour lingering in the background or fading away, as though something were hiding just beneath the surface. Are they emerging from a different order, or perhaps even a different temporality?

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