Malgorzata Wakuluk: Narrow Your Eyes
© Małgorzata Wakuluk
About The Exhibition
"Narrow Your Eyes" is an artistic reinterpretation of the contemporary world, which increasingly appears as a space of pain, conflict, and chaos. The photographs in this series are an attempt to escape the brutality of reality through a sensual transformation of its image. The titular "narrowing of the eyes" is both a physical and metaphorical gesture—an invitation to see the world differently, more gently, with a sense of distance and sensitivity.
When we narrow our eyes, the image before us changes its character: sharpness fades, contours soften, light diffuses, and colors become more intense and mysterious. The world seems to pulse with a gentle glow, as if shrouded in mist, behind which lies something unknown and full of secrets. This seemingly simple optical effect carries extraordinary power—it allows us to find beauty and harmony even in what initially seemed overwhelming.
The series "Narrow Your Eyes"is also an attempt to find balance in the daily chaos of brutal events and the gradual loss of moral values, which increasingly dominate our everyday life and ourselves.
In this project, the photographs convey the visual impression achieved by narrowing the eyes: light and shadows are subtly blurred, lines flow, and details take on abstract forms.
I invite the viewers into a space where reality acquires new meaning, dominated by softness, colorful mystery, and harmony. In doing so, "Narrow Your Eyes"becomes not only an attempt at the aesthetic transformation of the world around us, but also an artistic reflection on ways to endure it.
The photographs in the project serve as an invitation to slow down, find calm, and view the world from a different perspective—one that, even if only for a moment, can bring solace and reflection on our shared humanity.