Simple Traces is a large muslin fabric dyed using the shibori technique. Królikiewicz builds upon this traditional method by adding metal moulds and tools that – when wet – share their rust with the muslin. These rigid objects with strong, linear edges were taken from the dilapidating shipyard in Gdańsk – a space that embodies the memories of labour, political
events and economic objectives. It is a kind of portrait in which the energy of departure spills over the last existing traces.
The Notebook is an artistic book complementing the dyed fabric, showing the process of creating the work and revealing its conceptual and material history.
Simple Traces together with the accompanying notebook is a work full of internal contradictions. It was given its form by angular objects, and yet it is soft. It fits in a small box, and yet, when unfolded, it can fill an entire room. The work is abstract, and yet can be treated as a portrait. When hung up, like a map of mysterious, never visited territories, it surprises its viewer with its organic forms.