Approachable complexity is a signature style in Krzystek’s work. The process by which each piece is made creates a nonlinear layering, one that is so familiar because of the universal thought process it represents. Krzystek adds layer by layer of drawn, painted, or printed
material, allowing each to mingle with the surface for a time before removing sections, leaving a trace of the initial image and creating a new mark via this deletion. This practice offers room for surprise — as the artist says, “Every image is equally informed by intent as it is
by error.”
Process is at the forefront of Krzystek’s work, not only materially speaking but conceptually as well. The work reveals an unsettled process of working through ideas and a wonder at how we
arrive at certain knowledge.
