Józef Krzysztof Oraczewski | MINORIA: Receding Trace

MINORIA: Receding Trace

MINORIA: Receding Trace presents a new installation by Józef Krzysztof Oraczewski at A Space Gallery in Venice, developed within the curatorial framework of MINORIA, conceived and directed by Monika Turczyńska.

In this chapter, the work turns away from the formation of the image, returning instead to a condition in which form has not yet settled and may remain unresolved.

The exhibition is conceived in direct relation to the preceding chapter, MINORIA: Condensed Trace, previously presented in the same space. Where that work approached a state of concentration and near-stability, Receding Trace takes this moment as its point of departure and gently reverses its direction. What had begun to consolidate is here released — drawn back into a field in which form has not yet fully emerged.

The works consist of burnt, folded and subtly deformed sheets, carrying minimal traces of colour embedded within the material. These are not images…