Aleks Czepinska









All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air 01
2023 - limited edition of 10 +2 AP
84 × 119 cm
Printed on fine art paper

Photographs of a counter-collage of images mounted on a metal plate, treated with a sponge and wet brush.
All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air 02
2023 - limited edition of 10 +2 AP
84 × 119 cm
Printed on fine art paper

Photographs of a counter-collage of images mounted on a metal plate, treated with a sponge and wet brush. 

                                                

All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air 03
2023 - limited edition of 10 +2 AP
84 × 119 cm
Printed on fine art paper

Photographs of a counter-collage of images mounted on a metal plate, treated with a sponge and wet brush. 
 All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air 04
2023 - Unique Piece
18 x 24 cm
Printed on fine art paper

Photographs of a counter-collage of images mounted on a metal plate, treated with a sponge and wet brush.


All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air


All That Is Solid Melts into the Air takes its inspiration from The Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, where the phrase describes a world in constant transformation. The sociologist Zygmunt Bauman later revisited this idea in Liquid Modernity(2000), using the concept of “liquidity” to define the unstable and shifting conditions of contemporary life. These reflections form the conceptual starting point of the series.

The work explores the relationship between architecture, urban decay, and collective memory through the concrete residential buildings of Warsaw. Focusing on four housing blocks from different decades in the Mokotów district, the series traces key moments in the city’s post-war architectural development, treating the buildings not as neutral structures but as carriers of historical and social change.

During the project, I developed two image-based working techniques that echo processes of urban degradation. The photographs were physically altered through layers of water, glue, plaster, and rust, mimicking the way buildings absorb, accumulate, and conceal materials over time. The stains and discolorations produced by humidity and material decay act as visible symptoms of deeper structural fragilities.
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