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    Paperworks

    As in the Figurative series, Paperworks showcases Zoë Pawlak’s unyielding fascination with the human form. Abstracted from Pawlak’s imagination after 20-plus years of studying the nude, these figures spring forth from darkness and onto the page.

     

    Hundreds of Paperworks pieces, created over the past 12 years, pull at this thread. Sketched with white chalk on white paper, the figures are invisible when viewed directly on. Step to the side, and the slight shadow reveals much more. In both light and darkness, these bodies exist; the revelation of this duality only comes upon stepping closer. 

     

    These women are presented in states of repose or introspection, extending their arms in acts of vulnerability or protection. The figures, wavering between invisible and visible, between grey and light, are depicted with a tenderness — in a medium that has its own gentle vulnerability.

    • Every Becoming I Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Every Becoming I
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Every Becoming II Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Every Becoming II
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Every Becoming III Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Every Becoming III
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • If You Ever Were II, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      If You Ever Were II, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • If You Ever Were III, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      If You Ever Were III, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Tender Arms III, 2021 Chalk on paper 36 x 36 inches
      Tender Arms III, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      36 x 36 inches
    • Under Covered I, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Under Covered I, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Under Covered II, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Under Covered II, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Under Covered III, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Under Covered III, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Under the Moon 1, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Under the Moon 1, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Under the Moon II, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Under the Moon II, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • Under the Moon IV, 2021 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      Under the Moon IV, 2021
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • After Forgiveness I, 2020 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      After Forgiveness I, 2020
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • After Forgiveness II, 2020 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      After Forgiveness II, 2020
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
    • After Forgiveness III, 2020 Chalk on paper 22 x 30 inches
      After Forgiveness III, 2020
      Chalk on paper
      22 x 30 inches
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