CERTAIN RYHMES IS A COLLECTION OF WORKS THAT EXPLORE THEMES OF LOVE,
DESIRE, AND MEMORY. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES PAINTINGS, WORKS ON PAPER,
WALL INSTALLATIONS AND A VIDEO. THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION
REFFERENCES A POEM BY THE FAMOUS POLISH POET RAFAL WOJACZEK, WHO
COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1971 AT THE AGE OF 26. RAFAL AND TERESA
ZIOMBER'S YOUNG, ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WAS FUELED BY BOTH TRIBULATION
AND DESIRE. IT COMES TO REPRESENT A CONGLOMERATION OF DISPARATE MOODS,
CONFUSION, AND AN OVERWHELMING PASSION WHICH ULTIMATELY PUT AN END,
NOT ONLY TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP, BUT TO TERESA'S OWN MENTAL STABILITY.
THESE WORKS EXIST ON THAT VERY SAME PLANE; FIXATED IN THE MARGIN
BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY, PROVOKING IRRESISTIBLE FEELINGS OF NOSTALGIA,
EMOTIONAL CONTEMPLATION, AND THE COLLAPSE OF SANITY.
MARYSIA GACEK IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS. THIS
IS HER FIRST SOLO SHOW AT VAGABOND SCHMAROTZER.