Eliza Kołodziej (b. 2000, Poland) “The Metal Sheet”, 2025 Oil on canvas 68 × 90 cm (unframed, ready to hang) This painting focuses on a section of corrugated metal, worn, dented and marked by time. Under artificial evening light, the surface reveals a complex structure of stains, rust and scratches. The colours shift between muted greys, greens and pale yellow highlights, giving the rigid material an almost unstable, changing appearance. What is usually overlooked becomes the central subject. The composition is close and direct, allowing texture and light to dominate. The metal appears both solid and strangely active, as if reacting to its surroundings. The painting captures a moment where an ordinary industrial fragment begins to hold unexpected visual weight, drawing attention to something that would normally remain unseen. Exhibited in: “Endurlings. The End of the City”, Warsaw, 2025; “5 Years After the Diploma”, Lublin, 2025. The painting is ready to hang and will be shipped in secure, multi-layered packaging with an insured, tracked delivery and a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.