Sensitivity Through the Lens
Exhibition Review
The exhibition of photographs by Robert Karwat, an artist known by the pseudonym “Habibi”, is a subtle and profound meditation on nature and the human being, or perhaps more precisely, on the nature of how we perceive humanity. Karwat’s work, combining the sensitivity of a writer and poet with that of a photographer, grows out of a need to perceive unity in the world: the unity of nature, life and love that permeates everything around us. Where does this perspective come from? In one of his texts, he writes:
“I already know that I will look at the Sun more and more. For it is like gazing into the face of God – the sight may burn, may kill – but perhaps it is worth it, perhaps something will be revealed… There is one bond which, despite different ways of perception and individual inclinations, may unite us inseparably – it is Love, all-embracing and unconditional. Love…”
The title of the exhibition, “The Garden of Love”, becomes a symbolic map of this journey, a space in which ordinary objects and moments of everyday life are transformed into visual poems about a universal, perhaps divine, force.
Karwat creates his photographic work under radically limited technical conditions. He uses only a mobile phone camera, a bedside lamp and a sheet of black paper to create his images. Within this limitation lies a paradoxical freedom: the absence of technical perfection allows for a fuller expression of the artist’s sensitivity and perception. It is a conscious decision that shifts the emphasis from the instrument to the eye and heart of the creator, demonstrating that genuine depth of vision requires no sophisticated equipment.
The works presented are macro photographs in which fruits, vegetables and leaves from everyday nature are transformed into pulsating microcosms. A sliced kiwi, the illuminated interior of an eggshell or the spiral structures of leaves become not still lifes but living organisms, in which seeds, pips and veins form rhythms invisible to the naked eye. Intense colours shape the material, giving it depth, three-dimensionality and a subtle, almost vibrating energy.
Karwat’s works combine the sensitivity of an observer with the meditative character of the image. “The Garden of Love” becomes a space for reflecting on what so often goes unnoticed in everyday life: beauty, harmony and the depth of existence. The artist demonstrates that simple means and attentive observation can lead to images of a contemplative nature, in which nature reveals its inner rhythm, light and meaning. In this exhibition, art becomes a form of concentration, while the viewer becomes a participant in a quiet yet intense journey into the depths of the senses and experience.
Robert Karwat / HABIBI
The Garden of Love
6–31 October 2025 (extended until 3 November 2025)
Exhibition opening: 3 November 2025, 17:00
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Realized with financial support from the City of Lublin