The Embrace

Drawing made with pencil and crayons on handmade Japanese paper.

Framed in an oak frame, dimensions: 62 x 53 cm.

In the Embracing Stones series, one encounters both the rigor and the tenderness characteristic of Japanese aesthetics, where even inanimate matter — stone — is understood to possess a spirit (kami). The gesture of embracing becomes a ritual of attentiveness, an attempt to enter into dialogue with that which is enduring,

Małgorzata Malwina Niespodziewana is a visual artist, graphic artist, and draughtswoman who also creates installations, objects, and video works. For years, she has been developing a distinctive visual language focused on the body and its symbolic and cultural meanings.