"Scarlett" Sculpture

Aleksandra Piasecka – sculptor Aleksandra Piasecka – architect, sculptor, founder of a Warsaw based studio for sculpture. The work focuses on the female figure as a structure under tension — between the weight of everyday life and the drive toward growth, and the possibility of exceeding it. The series “Woman Being” unfolds as a cycle of self-portraits, moving away from physical likeness in favor of an emotional record of experience. The starting point is the portrait or the figure, whose form is extended through gravity, stretching, and the accumulation of matter. The form is not deformed, but exceeds its own boundaries — it densifies, expands, and reorganizes. Aleksandra is interested in the moment when matter begins to operate according to its own logic — simultaneously overwhelming and stabilizing, leading to forms suspended between disintegration and persistence. Aleksandra started her career in France, working for the leading architecture studios in Paris: Christian de Portzamparc , Manuelle Gautrand Architecture , Wilmotte & Associés Architectes . She had to deal with people with a strong vision, people that were uncompromisingly pursuing their goals. This awakened in her the desire to seek her own vision and to realize her own ideas. She designed and oversaw construction of the multi-family estate "Jardin des Arts" in Hyeres les Palmiers on the Côte d'Azur. Those were three buildings with total of 84 apartments. Bringing this project to life was a great satisfaction for her. However, she learnt first-hand how architectural creation is limited by economic constraints, embodied in developers’ financial objectives. She decided to move away from those constraints. Although She thought about returning to sculpture while working as an architect, the decisive moment for her to take up sculpture full-time was the creation of the work "Ray of light" (2 meters high woman’s face). This work became a full-time exhibition at “Jardin des Arts” apartment complex in Hyeres les Palmiers on the Côte d'Azur. The light of southern France has inspired and attracted artists for centuries. "Ray of light" depicts the moment of exposing one's face to the sun, a moment of truly connecting with the energy and drawing strength from it. This sculpture is her turning point, her drawing on energy and finding courage within herself.