Light Falls Where It Wants

Light Falls Where It Wants is a solo exhibition by Krzysztof Franaszek in which the artist returns to forms and materials that have long been present in his practice, while simultaneously opening it up to new experiments. Glass appears here for the first time. It is a material that is both fragile and fluid, unpredictable in nature. It allows the artist to work with light not only as a physical phenomenon, but also as a substance capable of filtering, absorbing, and transforming space.

Franaszek approaches the exhibition as a single organism — an environment to move through and gradually surrender to. The gallery space will be completely transformed, guiding viewers toward a reality operating through contrasts: between transparency and opacity, light and darkness, control and chance. Throughout the exhibition, organic forms intertwine with technical elements in an almost electronic way of thinking about the object, while the boundary between the natural and the artificial begins to dissolve.

The exhibition’s poetic title can be interpreted in multiple ways. It refers both to the nature of light itself — its constant movement, reflections, and refractions — and to that which remains beyond human planning and prediction. Light falls where it wants: onto surfaces, bodies, and events that can never be fully designed or controlled. It is precisely within this tension between precision and uncertainty that Franaszek’s exhibition emerges.

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Curator: Paulina Olszewska