PARK Magazine, Fall 2023
luxe Magazine, March 2022
“ Maszkiewicz makes small, lovely sculptures from wood found in the aftermath of the 2018 Woolsey fire, which destroyed more than 1,600 structures in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The artist varnishes, sands and paints the fragments, topping them with wiry appendages that evoke the mobiles of Alexander Calder.
In some places Maszkiewicz seems to restore the wood’s former finish as furniture or structure. In others she leaves the surfaces rough and charred. Sprouting from the top of these otherworldly nuggets are flat shapes suspended at the end of wires, which move ever so slightly as you circulate. They make something small and beautiful out of something incomprehensibly large and destructive. “
“ Karolina Maszkiewicz’ latest body of work, Woolsey, is named after the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which burned almost 97,000 acres of land in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. The fire started in Woolsey Canyon and was propelled in large part by the Santa Ana winds, engulfing and destroying historic movie and TV sets, ranches and homes, and causing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents. Once the fire was out and the smoke had abated, Maszkiewicz explored the burned areas. She gathered pieces of charred wood and began incorporating them into an ongoing series of kinetic sculptures. Working in her family’s furniture shop, she used various veneers to suspend the wood in its fire-ravaged state. The small-scale sculptures pair form with material to investigate balance points, gravity, and the way a viewer’s presence influences the movement of the works. “
Merr, December 2019
FLAUNT, Organic Sculptress Karolina Maszkiewicz reminds us of life’s irrational beauty, April 26th, 2016
METAL, On Gardening and The Art of Sculpture, Marta Knas