(…) Tomasz Kukawski’s linocut “Isolation No. 6/9” (2020) is perhaps the work with the most literal reference to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Isolation No. 6/9” depicts a grid like mesh embedded with source code, digital DNA and a faded face with a single well defined eye, the only legible text “Kwarantanna 2 02 0″ being Polish for quarantine. lf Kukawski’s “Isolation No. 6/9” defines the subject, his second piece “Doubled” (2020) communicates the psychological ramifications and emotions associated with government enforced social isolation and quarantines. “Doubled” depicts a figure and their reflection with the face scribbled out, the alternating depth of field in the linocut creates a multi-dimensional sensation that is at once disconcerting and disorientating, and expresses the turmoil and terror of social isolation on the psyche. (…)

„Printmaking and the pandemic”

Stacey Koosel, Canada (2021)