Prosthetic Skin

Prosthetic Skin is a personal sculptural experiment by Maria Kulikovska, in which she merges two central practices of her work: drawing and sculpture. From a distance, the forms resemble fragile, blooming flowers - seductive, soft, and almost decorative. Upon closer inspection, their material reality unfolds: casts made from animal skin and bones encase watercolor drawings hidden within.

This tension between attraction and discomfort is intentional. Beauty here functions as an entry point, while the materials expose vulnerability, mortality, and transformation. The sculptures operate as prosthetic extensions of the body - artificial skins that preserve traces of life, memory, and touch. They question where the boundary lies between protection and exposure, between what is meant to heal and what inevitably reminds us of loss.