Breathing New Life Into Trees

“Once you enter into this special world that was all hers, you can never look at trees the same way again.”

– Mika Brzezinski

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LAMENT
KEMPNER GALLERY
NEW YORK CITY
2016

LAMENT
KEMPNER GALLERY
NEW YORK CITY
2016

Breathing New Life Into Trees

“Once you enter into this special world that was all hers, you can never look at trees the same way again.”

– Mika Brzezinski

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EMILIE BENES BRZEZINsKI

1932 – 2022

Mika Brzezinski, knowing the pivotal importance of her Mother’s work, invites you to share in the legacy of Sculptor Emilie Benes Brzezinski, through the new movement; BRZEZINSKI ART. Mika presents her Mother’s bravery, creativity, and innate knowledge of the importance of nature and finding your life’s passion. Mika’s mission is to inspire a new generation of artists through the legacy of Emilie Brzezinski’s fearless monumental sculptures that rose from Emilie’s passion for, and her commitment to, nature.

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Selected Works

Emilie Brzezinski is a shining example of talent and passion, rising above the challenges and blazing a trail for women artists and sculptors worldwide. Emilie’s ability to achieve recognition for her particular artistry with various prominent and notable installations was even more amazing, as exhibiting Emilie’s monumental work required logistical fortitude.

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Selected Works

Emilie Brzezinski is a shining example of talent and passion, rising above the challenges and blazing a trail for women artists and sculptors worldwide. Emilie’s ability to achieve recognition for her particular artistry with various prominent and notable installations was even more amazing, as exhibiting Emilie’s monumental work required logistical fortitude.

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Work of the Week

Sprites is engaging and mysterious. With the distinct rhythmic cuts in Sprites, Emilie magically maintains the rawness of these trunks while also providing an organizational geometry that allows the visitor to recognize the proportion and scale of the box elder tree. The scoring of the trunks is one of Emilie’s methods to reveal the history and life of the trunk.

Emilie’s intent and mission were always to understand these trees, relate to them, and become the caretakers of nature. Emilie’s work has served as an inspiration to so many. Her sculpture is a nascent work of sustainability and conservation. Emilie’s work beautifully reminds us of our responsibility for the stewardship of nature. Emilie’s work is also a quiet and overt reminder of climate change.”

Each piece of SPRITES is over seven feet in height. The approximate footprints are between 29 and 39 inches in diameter. SPRITES was originally carved in Box Elder and is available in Bronze.

SPRITES
IN BRONZE

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This was SO BAMBA!!!   Imagine getting a call from your friend and neighbor saying, “May I come over and remove the Virginia Ivy from your tree?” That was my Mom! She carefully pried the Virginia Ivy from the tree and created this lacy, impossible sculpture she fondly called "Ivy Web”. Looking back at these photos, I am reminded of my Mom’s unique vision- what she saw that no one else saw- she could see fluid translucency in complete opacity.   @mikabrzezinski #artislife #artinnature #powerofsculpture #bambasvision
Sprites! Mom's work with Sprites was inspiring. It is one my favorites- and I loved that she disagreed with me about placement and positioning when we were locating this beautiful bronze Sprites. Seeing Sprites in the late summer light warms the heart! The original tree was a Box Elder. With Sprites, she developed these distinct rhythmic cuts, and magically she maintained the rawness of these trunks, while also providing a recognizable geometry that allows the visitor to recognize proportion and scale of the fallen Box Elder tree. Emilie’s intent and mission; was for all to understand these trees, relate to them, and ultimately she wanted us to become the caretakers of nature. @mikabrzezinski #womensculptors #powerofnature #spritesinsummer #outdoorsculpture #publicart #womeninsculpture #artoftheday
To continue our week focused on nature, this quote of my Mom's clearly shows her insight into raw beauty: "In my wood work, particularly with the Titans and Ronde, where I use very old and dying tree trunks, the trunks I used are very evocative, and that is why I chose them." By Emilie Brzezinski @mikabrzezinski #innerinstincts #natureprotects #womensculptors
We are celebrating nature this week with an amazing quote from my Mom about her work: "The medium of wood, which I started using seriously in 1989, it was not new to me; new were the tools: the axe and the chainsaw. The material is warm and appealing, live, resilient, and full of memories: it has grain, knots, grown over wounds, cracks,and then surprises such as insect invasions, hollows, rot spots. Eventually I found a process that kept me open to changes of mind, a freedom to express my inner instincts, to let myself go at the material. Within that process I learned to respect nature, to let it live on in my forms, to have a dialog with the wood." By Emilie Brzezinski @mikabrzezinski #powerofnature #womensculptors #respectnature #innerinstincts #trust #love
Welcome to Mother Earth Week! My Mom had a special connection to her most monumental trunk. It was an extremely personal sculpture for my Mom. She named it Mother Earth- and celebrated the knots and the burls of this massive white oak, as they were the guiding light for this form. The knots were Emilie’s cenotes of discovery, ensuring Mother Earth was prepared for its own unique next phase of life. As Emilie said, “Nature has a grand design, and its manifestations unfold in imperfection and specificity.” @mikabrzezinski #powerofnature #publicart #powerofart #motherearth #womensculptors
The era of the vessel for my Mom’s sculpture was pivotal and meaningful.   My Mom's vessels represent:   Life and Death  
Beauty and Destruction    Celebration and Memorial

From her  chunky egg shaped bowls that have a fabulous impossibility to them- which is exactly how we feel when we experience her trunks!
 To the bowls that reveal the age lines of the trees from every angle including the bark on one section — and Emilie’s chainsaw, and then chisel in action.....with the cuts of the tools competing with the perfect lines marking each year of the tree’s life. 

To her flattened basin bowls that Mom charred with fire. Each bowl stands on its own and not perfectly .. how boring it would be, and so unlike nature, to present anything but originality in each curve, chip, chisel, and cut....@mikabrzezinski #powerofart #womensculptors #powerofnature #natureheals
My Mom knew raw beauty. She knew form. She knew materiality. Being with her creations and reliving the three mediums she enjoyed- wood, bronze and resin; is an amazing experience of her world. The texture, the light, every cut is movement - it is her vision. I am thrilled that her legacy continues. Link in bio. @mikabrzezinski #art #powerofart #womensculptors #love #legacy #art #poweroflove #creativeenergy #naturehealsthesoul
My moms bowls are now in resin and bronze. She used three mediums in her career: wood, resin and bronze. For more info on the bowls go to her amazing website. Much more to come!! https://brzezinskiart.com/
A story of a sculptor, Emilie Brzezinski: Emilie was committed to sharing the continuity of life by carving felled trees reclaimed from the forest. Emilie also cast her works in resin and in bronze as a further pursuit to understanding materiality, challenging ephemera, and exploring translucency and opacity. See our photo story! @mikabrzezinski @knowyourvalue #Storyofasculptor #emiliesresincasts #powerofart
This was SO BAMBA!!!   Imagine getting a call from your friend and neighbor saying, “May I come over and remove the Virginia Ivy from your tree?” That was my Mom! She carefully pried the Virginia Ivy from the tree and created this lacy, impossible sculpture she fondly called "Ivy Web”. Looking back at these photos, I am reminded of my Mom’s unique vision- what she saw that no one else saw- she could see fluid translucency in complete opacity.   @mikabrzezinski #artislife #artinnature #powerofsculpture #bambasvision
Sprites! Mom's work with Sprites was inspiring. It is one my favorites- and I loved that she disagreed with me about placement and positioning when we were locating this beautiful bronze Sprites. Seeing Sprites in the late summer light warms the heart! The original tree was a Box Elder. With Sprites, she developed these distinct rhythmic cuts, and magically she maintained the rawness of these trunks, while also providing a recognizable geometry that allows the visitor to recognize proportion and scale of the fallen Box Elder tree. Emilie’s intent and mission; was for all to understand these trees, relate to them, and ultimately she wanted us to become the caretakers of nature. @mikabrzezinski #womensculptors #powerofnature #spritesinsummer #outdoorsculpture #publicart #womeninsculpture #artoftheday
To continue our week focused on nature, this quote of my Mom's clearly shows her insight into raw beauty: "In my wood work, particularly with the Titans and Ronde, where I use very old and dying tree trunks, the trunks I used are very evocative, and that is why I chose them." By Emilie Brzezinski @mikabrzezinski #innerinstincts #natureprotects #womensculptors
We are celebrating nature this week with an amazing quote from my Mom about her work: "The medium of wood, which I started using seriously in 1989, it was not new to me; new were the tools: the axe and the chainsaw. The material is warm and appealing, live, resilient, and full of memories: it has grain, knots, grown over wounds, cracks,and then surprises such as insect invasions, hollows, rot spots. Eventually I found a process that kept me open to changes of mind, a freedom to express my inner instincts, to let myself go at the material. Within that process I learned to respect nature, to let it live on in my forms, to have a dialog with the wood." By Emilie Brzezinski @mikabrzezinski #powerofnature #womensculptors #respectnature #innerinstincts #trust #love

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