Beata Kowslowska - Provisional Order
These paintings are meditations on the provisional nature of structure. The works suggest that order, far from being absolute, is always fragile—constructed, fractured, and rebuilt over time. Grids falter, geometries are interrupted, and veils of colour conceal as much as they reveal. Each painting embodies the impossibility of total control while acknowledging our persistent drive to impose it. Order is glimpsed in fragments, never whole, and it is in this incompleteness that the paintings derive their vitality.In every work, order appears not as a guarantee but as a fragile proposal. This unifying concept echoes the experience of migration and memory, where identity is built and rebuilt across shifting contexts. Provisional Order resonates in a world where political, social, and personal structures feel increasingly unstable, suggesting ‘the provisional’ is an opening towards renewal.
These paintings are meditations on the provisional nature of structure. The works suggest that order, far from being absolute, is always fragile—constructed, fractured, and rebuilt over time. Grids falter, geometries are interrupted, and veils of colour conceal as much as they reveal. Each painting embodies the impossibility of total control while acknowledging our persistent drive to impose it. Order is glimpsed in fragments, never whole, and it is in this incompleteness that the paintings derive their vitality.In every work, order appears not as a guarantee but as a fragile proposal. This unifying concept echoes the experience of migration and memory, where identity is built and rebuilt across shifting contexts. Provisional Order resonates in a world where political, social, and personal structures feel increasingly unstable, suggesting ‘the provisional’ is an opening towards renewal.