Kasia Muzyka presented The Sacred Condition of Being at 522 West 19th Street in Chelsea from June 12 through June 16, 2025. The Polish-born, Minneapolis-based artist approached abstraction as a form of ritual, using wine, coffee, earth pigments, vibrational water, and egg tempera to build surfaces concerned with origin, consciousness, memory, transformation, surrender, and choice.
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Photo Gallery: The Sacred Condition of Being
What to Know
Material Carried Symbolic Weight
Wine, coffee, soil-based pigments, specially prepared water, and egg tempera were not simply substitutes for conventional paint. Muzyka treated their histories and associations as active parts of the work.
Abstraction Operated as a Portal
Circles, spirals, radiating lines, and partly visible figures repeatedly suggest thresholds. The paintings ask viewers to read an image as both a physical surface and an invitation toward an unseen condition.
The Titles Establish a Sequence
Works including Zero, Before First Breath, I and Ja, 100, One, and Becoming Is a Spiral move through ideas of potential, embodiment, self-awareness, remembrance, and continuous change.
The Palette Remained Close to Earth
Muted rose, mineral green, brown, cream, charcoal, and restrained gold bind the paintings together. Their worn and layered surfaces make the works appear uncovered or weathered rather than freshly illustrated.
Muzyka Connects Studio Practice With Mysticism
Her process emphasizes intuition, close listening, and surrender while drawing on mysticism and quantum philosophy. The artist's official site maintains her biography and exhibition archive.