Skin Apparitions No. 1-8

Skin Apparitions explores the notion of “ugly beautifulness” as a strategy of perception. These works appear delicate and floral, almost weightless, yet they are constructed from animal skin and bones - materials that carry the memory of a once-living body. Embedded within the sculptural forms are watercolor drawings, suspended like inner organs or emotional residues.

The sculptures function as apparitions: bodies that are present and absent at the same time. They evoke skins without bodies, drawings without paper, flowers without roots. By combining organic remnants with painterly gestures, Kulikovska creates hybrid forms that resist clear categorization. What initially appears ornamental slowly reveals itself as intimate, unsettling, and deeply corporeal, inviting the viewer to reconsider beauty as something fragile, unstable, and ethically charged.