Three Dimensional Drawings by Monika Grzymala.

Raumzeichnung, roughly “Drawing of a Room,” Sumarrian Lunn gallery 2011.

Polish artist Monika Grzymala describes her work as three dimensional drawings. She studied sculpture, shifted to drawing and found her place somewhere in between. Rolls of tape are her “pen” of choice and she allows them to dive and ripple in all directions.

Two Corners, black tape, Montreal 2013.

Her earlier work began as quite polite insertions within the space, but over time her installations have become increasingly forceful and dynamic. Her most recent works infect the space with an unrelenting electric energy, well and truly transforming that humble roll of tape into its own life force. With names such as “Duplex,” “Two Corners” and “Pas De Deux,” there is a recurring reference to duality and the magnetism of opposing forces.

Polyhedron as part of A Serpentine Gesture and Other Prophecies, 2011.

Photo at Studio Berlin, 2010.

Part of group exhibition, Freeing the line, black and white tape, New York 2010.

Duplex at MIMA, graphite tape, London 2009.

Pas De Deux, graphite tape and lead pencil, 2009.

The work hints at the artist’s body swooping past and you can almost imagine her engaged in a full body act of “drawing.” At the risk of sounding like a creepy voyeur, I’d love to watch the process of her making these works. Or at least watch a time lapse on film. Would that be less creepy? Watching this work take shape would surely hold a magic in itself.

–Ella.

[Images via Monika Gryzmala, We Find Wilderness, Arsenal Montreal, Colossal, Co.Design, Cargo Curatorial.]