The Atomic Series (2023)

Marble dust & yarn on raw linen, 60x60cm each

Hydrogen (Υδρογόνο), Carbon (Άνθρακας), Nitrogen (Άζωτο), Oxygen (Οξυγόνο), Sulphur (Θείο), and Calcium (Ασβέστιο)

(…) In exploring nature as flux and cyclical, Borucka takes a molecular turn. The six paintings each represent a metaphorical distillation of the elements which make up Parian marble (calcium carbonate, CaCO3) and plaster of Paris (hydrated calcium sulphate, CaSO4.2H2O). The addition of Nitrogen (N) embeds the two compounds in the earth from which they came, in the very ecosystem of the quarry and the seasonal cycles of nature.

Dr. Susanne Turner, Curator, Museum of Classical Archeology, Cambridge University

Marble dust – from the land to the Museum

Two women exhibition (Justyna Borucka mixed-media and Cat Vitebsky, sculpture) “Topos Embodied: Beauty Constructs and Female Landscape” at the Museum of Classical Archeology, Cambridge University, UK, 2023.