September 9 – October 24, 2026

JLG Projects · Jane Lombard Gallery, 58 White Street, New York

Opening reception with the artist: Wednesday, September 9, 6–8 PM

Much of the plant world we associate with California came from elsewhere. The landscape has been shaped over time by plants, people, movement, and care.

Eucalyptus, now a familiar part of the Los Angeles landscape and prevalent in Maszkiewicz’s work, came from Australia in the 1850s. Tumbleweed originated elsewhere, as did the kurrajong she uses. Yucca, by contrast, is native to California.

Maszkiewicz gathers materials from this landscape and transforms them further. Seed pods are plated in copper and silver or cast in white bronze, then suspended on thin wires where they continue to move with the air.

What she picks up from the ground carries a history of movement from one place to another. Her sculptures bring these histories together, reflecting some of the migrations that have shaped the California landscape. Each element is connected to another, mixed and tended into an organized feralness.

In In the Mist, tumbleweed hangs alongside plated eucalyptus. Starry Night brings eucalyptus and yucca together with Brazilian gold medallion seed pods. Root and Current stretches toward four corners, combining white bronze cast kurrajong with Hawaiian Clusia rosea. Salt Garden brings sea and desert into the same composition. In The Weight of Light, seed pods from two Australian trees depend on one another, one providing the weight and anchor that allows the other to expand and spread.

For the first time, Maszkiewicz brings ceramics into this landscape. Drawn from the earth, clay is formed into structures inspired by the shapes and growth of living plants. The sculptures are modular, with elements that hang freely and allow their arrangements to shift. Where the Vines Turn, Serpent Arbor, and Wind Garden rise from plinths, slabs, and architectural bases. Their forms branch, coil, cross, and change direction as they grow upward. Like a tended landscape, they are shaped and cared for without being made entirely still or controlled. The ceramics extend the idea at the heart of Tending the Wild: a landscape is continually shaped by the relationship between natural growth and human care.

Works from this exhibition are available through Jane Lombard Gallery. For anything else — availability, prices, commissions — write to hello@karolinamaszkiewicz.com.

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