Relics of a Woman.
MARIA GVARDEITSEVA (
@maria.gvard )
Organised by SYNCLERY Gallery (
@s_y_n_c_l_e_r_y ) at Cornaro Art Center (
@cornaroart )
Opening: 8 May, 19:00 – 22:00
Exhibition: 8 May – 18 May
Artist’s Performance: 16 May, 17:00
Exhibition: Thursday – Sunday, 16:00 – 20:00
Keramopoieiou 1A, Limassol
free entry
Relics of a Woman traces the body at the threshold where experience takes form. The sacred is not given but produced through contact — through pain, desire, intimacy, and rupture.
Working with wax, porcelain, and video, Maria Gvardeitseva develops a sensorial language of transformation, in which materials shift, dissolve, and retain the imprint of lived experience. These works do not represent the body; they persist as its residues and afterimages
Wax votive figures, rooted in Mediterranean traditions, re-emerge as contemporary relics — fragile and charged with memory. Sculptural signs form a restrained, almost coded field of emotional expression.
The body remembers — and the exhibition, together with the artist’s performance, addresses the viewer as a corporeal presence. In an era of distracted attention, embodied encounter restores the conditions for perception.
Credits: Maria Gvardeitseva, Ex Contactu Crossword Of Pain, Joy, And Pleasure, 2025. Pigmented Paraffin Wax. Site-Specific Dimensions. Part Of The Ex-Contactu Project. Courtesy Of The Artist. Photo Nadzeya Navrotskaya
