- Eliza Kołodziej
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- The Metal Sheet
Original artwork description
It was a late evening when I passed this metal fence — old, uneven, dented. The kind you never really look at. Yet under the pale yellow light it seemed alive, like it was breathing quietly. I stopped for a moment, watching the colours shift on the surface — greenish stains, rust, scratches that almost looked like brushstrokes. It was one of those strange moments when the world slows down just enough to make you notice its texture.
It wasn’t a good day. I remember feeling drained, walking back through the industrial outskirts of Warsaw, through the back alleyways behind Factory Ursus Mall. But that piece of metal caught my eye and changed something. It’s bizarre how beauty can live in such neglected corners — in things no one cares about, in fragments of walls or fences that simply endure. Maybe that’s where meaning hides: in what stays unseen until someone decides to look closer, give it a meaning.
The painting took part in the artist's Master of Arts Degree exhibition "Endurlings. The End of the City" (2025) at Gallery Bacalarte, Warsaw, Poland and in exhibition "5 Years After the Diploma" (2025) at A10 Gallery, Lublin, Poland.
The painting is ready to hang and will be delivered in secure, multi-layered packaging, insured and tracked to ensure its safety during transport. Each work comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity, confirming its originality.
Materials used:
Oil paint on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 68 x 90 x 4cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#urban decay#modern home#bedroom decor#office wall#grey palette#morning rays#rust colors#sharp edges#factory ruins#unseen beauty#tactile surface#fence detail#backyard alley#construction remains#yard view
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Original artwork description
It was a late evening when I passed this metal fence — old, uneven, dented. The kind you never really look at. Yet under the pale yellow light it seemed alive, like it was breathing quietly. I stopped for a moment, watching the colours shift on the surface — greenish stains, rust, scratches that almost looked like brushstrokes. It was one of those strange moments when the world slows down just enough to make you notice its texture.
It wasn’t a good day. I remember feeling drained, walking back through the industrial outskirts of Warsaw, through the back alleyways behind Factory Ursus Mall. But that piece of metal caught my eye and changed something. It’s bizarre how beauty can live in such neglected corners — in things no one cares about, in fragments of walls or fences that simply endure. Maybe that’s where meaning hides: in what stays unseen until someone decides to look closer, give it a meaning.
The painting took part in the artist's Master of Arts Degree exhibition "Endurlings. The End of the City" (2025) at Gallery Bacalarte, Warsaw, Poland and in exhibition "5 Years After the Diploma" (2025) at A10 Gallery, Lublin, Poland.
The painting is ready to hang and will be delivered in secure, multi-layered packaging, insured and tracked to ensure its safety during transport. Each work comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity, confirming its originality.
Materials used:
Oil paint on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 68 x 90 x 4cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#urban decay#modern home#bedroom decor#office wall#grey palette#morning rays#rust colors#sharp edges#factory ruins#unseen beauty#tactile surface#fence detail#backyard alley#construction remains#yard view
Eliza Kołodziej
Poland
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Featured in: Curator's picks: December 2025 & Curators picks: November 2025 on Artfinder. For me, painting is a way of tracing what remains after people – a direct observation of... Read more