Back Memory
Karolina Szwed
Sticky Handshakes
Back Memory (Pamięć pleców) – Karolina Szwed
2024, oil on canvas
The painting, which is autobiographical in nature, depicts a fragment of her back where we can see indistinct marks related to events in the artist’s life. The thought of the imminent prospect of demolishing the family home coincided with menstruation. The representation refers to the sense of loss of childhood and the related issue of memory.