Kamila Kamińska The Pulse of Memory
Kamila Kamińska.The Pulse of Memory
MOLSKI gallery presents Kamila Kamińska's solo exhibition Pulse of Memory. The artist, a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, opens up a space for the viewer in which the image becomes flesh, and the body becomes a living archive of memory and experience.
Kamila Kamińska's work transcends the traditional framework of painting. Although rooted in classical materials and techniques, her works escape the flat surface of the canvas, taking on the character of an object. In her view, a painting is a tissue – a structure comparable to the human body, which pulsates, changes, and stores traces and scars.
The exhibition Pulse of Memory shows the body as a space of tension between intimacy and shared experience. Every muscle, every scar and every mark on the skin is a record of the past – a memory that does not disappear, but constantly circulates in the veins, demands presence and manifests itself in visual form.
Kamińska draws on reflections on the nature of biology. Her works remind us that human life is a process of exchange and transformation: cells die so that new ones can be created in their place. In this constant movement, where life and death are inseparable, the artist sees a metaphor for memory – dynamic, organic, impossible to stop.
The body does not forget. Its memory is not a static record, but a pulse – a process that continues, renews itself and simultaneously stores the past. In my paintings, I try to capture this moment of tension between fragility and strength, between life and death, says Kamila Kamińska.
The artist also refers to the dimension of collective experience. In her vision, the body becomes a carrier of the memory of generations – traumas, violence and wars that leave their mark on human biology and are passed on to subsequent generations. Kamińska explores corporeality as a space where individual experiences meet the memory of the community. It is the body that speaks, though often silently, through symptoms, illnesses, and marks inscribed on the skin.
The exhibition at the MOLSKI gallery is not just a presentation of images, but an invitation to experience. Fabric, warp and weft are juxtaposed with human tissue. The image becomes the body, and the body becomes the image, on the surface of which signs of everyday life, trauma, momentary cracks and traces that confirm existence are revealed.
Viewers are invited to enter into the pulsating rhythm of the body – its darkness and light, its fragility and power. This is an exhibition about memory that does not fade away, but continues to circulate, pulsate and demand attention.