{"title":"Works by Karolina Ciecholewska","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sconce-ii","title":"Sconce II","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKarolina Ciecholewska made this piece by casting hundreds of porcelain soldiers, modelled on the toy figures found in childhoods all over the world. The repetitive casting process became a form of meditation for the artist, and it carries the work’s central idea: the dehumanisation of the individual within a mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe work belongs to a project exploring the gap between political power and its human cost. Its forms come from the decorative lighting of palaces and seats of power: the chandeliers, sconces and candelabras that have long served as emblems of authority. Here, these symbols of control take on a new meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe choice of material is central. Porcelain has long been a marker of refinement and status, and in the 18th century, when it was known as “white gold”, it even became a currency of war. In Ciecholewska’s hands, it does two things at once: it evokes the grandeur of power and, through the fragile bodies of the soldiers, the vulnerability of those who live under it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boketto ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57648979804533,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/0738\/7765\/files\/SconceII.png?v=1791840893"}],"url":"https:\/\/galerieboketto.com\/collections\/works-by-karolina-ciecholewska.oembed","provider":"Boketto ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}