Magdalena CISŁO (b. 1986), From the series: Flowers of the Desert; 2020

ceramic, metal; 75 x 35 x 30 cm
Signed on back: Magdalena Cisło

The artist's fields of creative activity are primarily sculpture and drawing. From 2007 to 2012, she studied at the Faculty of Sculpture at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow where she received a diploma with a medal from the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Bogusz Salwiński. She completed her PhD studies in 2012-2016 and works at the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, currently as an assistant professor, leading the Studio of Sculpture in Ceramics. She has participated in open-air sculpture workshops, taken part in fairs, symposiums, and exhibitions at home and abroad. Since 2012, she has been employed at the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Currently, as an assistant professor, she leads the Studio of Sculpture in Ceramics.
"Used elements that are recycled raw materials can exist differently from the recycling process of renewing their physical properties. They can undergo a different kind of reevaluation. The combination of this type of material and classical sculptural methods makes it possible to bring out a new value, welding together the element of passing and the emergence of the "new" at the same time. Elements of the work, such as, for example, the message resulting from the interpretation of the means used, the juxtaposition of shapes or colors, are semantically multidimensional values, the feeling and reading of which is related to the current need and capabilities of the viewer. A positive fact is the evocation of emotional tension during the contact of the viewer with the work. This allows the work to freely interact with the viewer, so that it creates an 'opening', allows itself to be 'seen' and felt in a unique way."
- Magdalena Cisło