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Ewa JAROSZYNSKA-PACHUCKA (1936 -2020) shaped the post-war artistic textile scene in the 1960s and 1970s, with her distinctive spatial, three-dimensional forms made of hemp cords, jute, and sisal. Although the artist’s works were strongly related to the craft of weaving, she abandoned decorativeness in favor of various formal experiments. She chose a crochet hook as her main instrument - an implement which used to be a women’s traditional household attribute. She made this seemingly simple item a sophisticated tool for creating her art: the crochet hook allowing the artist to develop her weaving forms in various directions, not limiting it only to vertical and horizontal designs, but using it also for creating openwork decorations.
Together with Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jolanta Owidzka, and Zofia Butrymowicz, she represented Poland at the legendary exhibition titled “Wall Hangings’’, which took place at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1969.
At the beginning of 1970, she and her husband moved to Denmark, where the artist had two solo exhibitions: at the Ved Äaen gallery in Aarhus and at the Omme Gallery in Silkeborg in 1971. In March, Jaroszyńska-Pachucka emigrated to Australia, where she quickly became one of the most sought-after artists. In 1974, the artist represented Australia at the Third Triennial of Contemporary Art in New Delhi, India and received a grant from the Visual Arts Board, which allowed her to participate in the exhibition in February 1975. In 2000, she returned to Europe and settled in France in the city of Mazamet. Pachucka died in 2020.