Sculpting Water

Exhibition Statement

Sculpting Water
Laurel Lukaszewski has a lifelong fascination with water, enamored by the movement, patterns and rhythms as well as the life that inhabits it. Having grown up on the water, the oceans, sounds and rivers were her playground, creating a backdrop for everyday life. As an adult, Lukaszewski says she continues to be captivated by the oceans and freshwater springs through snorkeling and scuba diving, mesmerized by the textured shaped in limestone, corals and sand, and the ever dancing light filtering from the surface.

In the exhibition, SCULPTING WATER, it becomes readily apparent that the natural world and more specifically, water, plays as significant role in Lukaszewski's creative endeavors. Her most recent works of ceramic sculptures and site specific installations are stunning interpretations of the visual rhythms and the incessant flux of water. According to Lukaszewski, her work aims to capture a snapshot where this contant movement is stilled, if only for a moment in time. Her installation based works reflect this continual change, existing for the duration of the exhibition, and then changing if and when configured again.

Work Program Architects Gallery, Norfolk, VA	Gallery View
Gallery View, left	Gallery View, right
Gallery View, right	Pedestal Works
Longing, porcelain, 2017	Sideroom Gallery with Video
Following the Current, porcelain, Mason stains, 2019	Guardian, porcelain, wax resist, 2018
Guardian & Sentinel, 2018	The Wind in Summer, porcelain, Mason stains, 2016
Falling Water, porcelain, Mason stains, 2016	Looking Towards the Sun, porcelain, Mason stains, 2018
Longing (Left), porcelain, 2017	Longing (Right), porcelain, 2017
Sculpting Water Statement	Touching Water, porcelain, 2019
Tidal, porcelain, 2019 & Strong Current, porcelain, 2017	Everything I've Ever Wanted, stoneware, glaze, 2018