Twists & Turns: An exhibition of original paintings by Hague based artist Malwina Chabocka

The gallery is hosting an exhibition featuring a curated selection of original paintings by Malwina Chabocka during June and July this year, and the artist will be in the gallery and available for questions from 6pm - 9pm on Friday 28th June.

The exhibit continues until 4pm on Sunday 21st July, so if you can't visit when the artist is present, there's plenty of time to view the artworks here in the Knutsford gallery.

Twists & Turns

Exhibition narrative by the Artist

The Human body has been the subject of philosophical discourse for hundreds of years. While Plato and Descartes saw it as being merely subordinate towards the brain, Merleau-Ponty championed its subjectivity - to him, the body is the centre of our perceptions, and consciousness is defined by action rather than thought.

Paintings presented at this exhibition are my exploration of body viewed as the home of sensation, perception, and thought. Through dynamic curves and angles of the brush, I am on one hand expressing my personal feelings, and on the other - examining the expressiveness of the body’s “mighty commander”, which is how Nietzsche called the notion of self that resides in the body.

The title of the exhibition refers not only to the visual aspect of the paintings, but also to the unpredictability and tension residing in our bodies, and this tension is what dominates my canvases. I see the body as a powerful and mysterious entity that escapes easy categorisations and definitions, yet plays a pivotal role in shaping our mood and behaviour.

Drawing from the experience of working in physical theatre, I am giving the body a stage to perform in the form of canvas. And then I invite the viewer to watch the spectacle of uninhibited movement and expression.