Kiss me hard before you go summertime sadness

Kacper Tomaszewski is a visual artist working across installation, object-based work, painting, and photography. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His practice investigates interspecies relationships and the emotional and material forms of care, grief, and intimacy that arise between humans and other living beings.

Tomaszewski’s work draws attention to what is fragile, marginalised, or difficult to articulate—moments of tenderness and loss, overlooked modes of existence, and subtle emotional states that often escape language or visibility.

Since 2024, he has been affiliated with the Institute of Good Death, where he co-develops projects situated at the intersection of art, education, and mourning culture.

He is the author of several solo exhibitions, including: Because I'm pretty when I cry (Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, 2025), Dream, little dog, dream… II (El Gallery, Elbląg, 2025), Dream, little dog, dream… (Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw, 2024), Trace (Marszałkowska 18 Gallery, Warsaw, 2023), Lodge (Galleri Blunk, Norway, 2022), and Boots (Brzozowa Gallery, Warsaw, 2019).

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Kiss me hard before you go summertime sadness
object, steel, plastic diamonds, crayons on paper, 2023
picture by Michał Pańczyk

The title of the object is taken from the translation of the lyrics of the song "Summertime Sadness" by Lana Del Rey. The object depicts a story of love longings, emotional romance, summer warmth, sparks of hope and faithfulness. It is an intimate confession, focusing on love's search, not only in interpersonal relationships, but also in the context of other beings. The object reveals our unchanging capacity for longing and devotion that permeates our being, regardless of our species or life form.