Jan Musialowski's sculpture series "Structures of Energy" in collaboration with Cosentino
We live in an age where more objects are encountered on earth than ever before. Thousands of new ones are added to the things already in existence every day. Far fewer, unfortunately, are disappearing. The consumerism of a galloping civilization also brings with it real problems of waste, created during production processes. Cosentino, a company known for its environmental awareness, together with ToTuart, Poland's largest sculpture gallery, and artist-sculptor Jan Musiałowski, invited to the project, decided to draw attention to this problem and rediscover the potential of waste by presenting sculptures created from Silestone samples. The works can be seen at Warsaw's ToTuart Art Gallery.
Artists have long ceased to stand on the sidelines of the problems of the modern world. Many of them are looking for a new language of communication with their audience and are beginning to take an interest in materials specific to architecture in the broadest sense. At the same time, they are worried about consumerism and the growing problem of industrial waste. It is on the basis of these civilizational dilemmas that the concept for the joint project "Structures of Energy" by Cosentino and Totuart Gallery with the participation of Jan Musialowski was born.
"Structures of Energy" by Jan Musialowski
© Cosentino
We began our collaboration with artist Jan Musiałowski in June this year, during the launch of the new Silestone Sunlit Days collection. This is Silestone's first collection with carbon neutrality certification. - Says Aneta Konowrocka, Marketing Manager of Cosentino. - At the time, the idea arose to create an art installation that would give new beauty and new youth to samples of shades that had been withdrawn from the portfolio, i.e. those that would no longer be used to create interior designs. Jan then created the sculptures presented today in an exhibition at TotuArt Gallery.
The main idea behind the project was to show that even the tiniest materials can be reused and made into art. In this case, unnecessary samples of discontinued Silestone surface shades became the ideal material for creating original artistic forms.
As an artist, I try to focus on noticing intangible shapes, imagining the forms that energies can represent. In my work, I devote myself to exploring the materials from which I create works. I try to find a common language with matter, through which I discover the stimuli hidden in it. Cosentino materials served me as a surface, which at the same time creates the structure of the sculpture. With the mosaic concept I refer to Cosentino's valuable zero-waste philosophy. In the presented works, I focused on synthesis and a uniform range of colors. With their composition, the sculptures refer to abstract, organic shapes. Thanks to the cracks, the surface comes alive and shimmers, giving them a unique character," Jan Musialowski says about his works.
Jan Musialowski's sculpture series "Structures of Energy".
© Cosentino
The presented objects were made from two shades of Silestone Cosentino, Carbono Suede and Nymbus hybrid surfaces. The artist decided to donate the works for auction to the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. The sculptures can be viewed at the ToTuart Gallery owned by Marek Duchnowski and located in the Koneser Press Center.
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For more information, visit the company 'sCosentino Poland sp. z o.o. | DEKTON page on theAiB portal.
