Helena Minginowicz paints airbrushed acrylic portraits on embossed paper towel, challenging our perceptions of value. The disposable material contrasts with the timeless, idealized female figures inspired by Botticelli and Renaissance portraiture. Encased in thick acrylic, these ephemeral substrates gain unexpected heft and permanence.

Her work interrogates what civilization chooses to preserve—monuments, heroes, ideals—versus what it discards. By elevating the mundane, Minginowicz asks who deserves to be remembered with dignity. The result is a poignant blend of high art and everyday disposability, both delicate and monumental.