Size matters

The exhibition “SIZE MATTERS” presents two cycles of linocuts created alongside the experience of early motherhood, where artistic practice intertwines with the rhythm of everyday responsibilities, limited time, and the ongoing effort to reclaim space for personal creative work. The scale of the works is not merely a formal decision, but a record of the artist’s real working conditions — a measure of available time, energy, and emotional intensity.

The cycle of miniature works “CRUMBS” emerges in brief, stolen moments between daily tasks. The small format reflects the fragmentation of the day and gestures that remain almost invisible. The titular crumbs, scattered by children during meals, become a metaphor for repetitive and often unnoticed care work. Each print records a fleeting moment of concentration — an attempt to find order and attentiveness within domestic chaos. Here, the miniature functions as a strategy of creative survival, adapted to time that is never entirely one’s own.

In contrast, the large-format linocuts from the “A MESS” series allow for intense physical and emotional expression. The monumental scale becomes a space of stepping beyond the rhythm of everyday duties — a site for the accumulation of tensions and emotions that build up within the private sphere of the home. Where “CRUMBS” remains quiet and intimate, “A MESS” reveals a gesture that is forceful, expansive, and releasing.

The exhibition explores the relationship between scale and experience — both in the creative process and in the reception of the printed image. The size of each work becomes a language through which questions of visibility and invisibility, self-negotiated time, and the tension between control and chaos are articulated.

The exhibition is accompanied by the lecture “SIZE MATTERS – The Art of Linocut Stippling” and the workshop “SIZE MATTERS – The Art of Linocut Stippling: examples, tips, techniques, and a demo of making handmade gouges.”