Laminar Paintings

Galeria Plama GAK Zaspa Młyniec, Pilotów 11, Gdańsk
Opening: 29 April 2026, 6:00 p.m.
30 April – 12 June 2026

Curatorial lead: Mac Lewandowski

The latest painting exhibition by Anna Szprynger marks another stage in the artist’s ongoing exploration of the line as the fundamental material from which her works are built. The repeated gesture of carefully guiding the brush creates delicate, translucent structures in which rhythm, subtle movement, and layered depth come to the fore. The exhibition title refers to the notion of laminar flow — a phenomenon known from fluid dynamics.

In laminar flow, a substance moves in parallel layers that do not disturb one another but glide side by side in an orderly manner. A similar logic can be found in the relationships between the lines painted by the artist. Each line follows its own path, parallel to its neighbours. It maintains autonomy while simultaneously forming part of a larger whole. The lines do not intersect abruptly or compete; instead, they coexist, creating a visual system of gentle tensions and interdependencies.

The compositions fill the entire canvas. Even the slightest curvature of a single line affects the next one, and the next, and the next… gradually transforming the structure of the whole painting. In this way, the work becomes a record of the hand’s movement and of the time spent with the canvas. The repetition of these gestures and the meditative nature of working on the cycle give rise to a soft, almost flowing narrative about matter — not physical or painterly in the traditional sense (associated with the weight of paint and texture), but imagined matter. The lines form structures reminiscent of threads, organic systems, root networks, neural connections, physical currents, sea waves, or fields of energy that seem to hover above the surface of the canvas.

Anna Szprynger’s laminar paintings are not closed compositions but processes that continue to unfold. The lines appear to move very slowly, almost imperceptibly, as if a hidden energy were operating beneath the surface. Perhaps within this slowness and concentration something more is revealed. Perhaps among these seemingly ordered structures there remains space for what is not entirely graspable.

Mac Lewandowski