The Law of Fading - Exhibition by Adrianna Lisowska

The Law of Fading

The exhibition of works by Adriana Lisowska at the Amber Museum in Gdańsk runs only until 24 May. The artist removes the authorial ego from the center, giving voice to biological and chemical processes.

Objects in a transitional state

The artist challenges the traditional permanence of art by creating objects in a transitional state – sculptural jewelry that has the right to disintegrate completely. At the heart of the exhibition is tkanimasa – an original bioplastic medium made from ground textile waste, tapioca and dusts. Lisowska takes the stance of an alchemist-lab technician, giving up full control over the form.

A domestic rhythm of work and an ethics of leftovers

The artistry of the exhibition is born in the “anatomy of an event” – in the pause between the artist’s intention and the autonomous resistance or yielding of a raw material exposed to time, moisture and gravity. This is “anti-monumentality” in its purest form. Instead of energy-intensive industrial processes, the artist chooses a domestic rhythm of work, locality and an ethics of leftovers. “THE LAW OF FADING” is a lesson in humility in the face of excess, restoring to objects their natural life cycle.

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Jewelry and small art forms

Adriana Lisowska works with wearable jewelry and intimate artistic forms in which the message and the communication play a key role. She graduated with distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, majoring in jewelry. In her practice she uses diverse forms, materials and media to build the fullest, most thought-through artistic statement possible on the subjects she takes up.

Two-time winner of the Amberif Design Award

From 2007 to 2019 she co-created the group LIS² with Aneta Lis-Marcinkiewicz, and under the Gray Flamingo brand she carries out wearable design projects. She has taken part in numerous exhibitions, reviews and competitions, winning prestigious awards, among them the Grand Prix in the Amberif Design Award competition in Gdańsk (2001, 2004) and the Amber Prize (2009, 2015). The collection of the Museum of Gdańsk includes eight of her works, most of them award-winning.

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The exhibition can be seen at the Amber Museum in Gdańsk, in the temporary exhibition hall on level 0, Wielkie Młyny 16

The exhibition runs until 24 May 2026.

Photo: Amber Museum, Museum of Gdańsk/Agnieszka Grabowska

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