{"id":14146,"date":"2026-08-27T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=14146"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:58:17","slug":"monika-sosnowska-weight-of-matter-southlondongallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2026\/08\/27\/monika-sosnowska-weight-of-matter-southlondongallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter @SouthLondonGallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>10 September &#8211; 22 November 2026, Main Gallery &amp; Fire Station Galleries<\/strong>, <strong>during gallery opening hours, Wednesday \u2013 Sunday<\/strong>, <strong>The Main Gallery\u00a0and Fire Station\u00a0are\u00a0open: Wed 12-9pm and Thu-Sun 12-6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Press &amp; Influencer preview: 9 September, 9.30am &#8211; 11am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This autumn, the South London Gallery (SLG) will present Weight of Matter, a major solo exhibition by Polish artist Monika Sosnowska (b. 1972, Ryki). Spanning the Main Gallery and two floors of the Fire Station, the exhibition will feature some of Sosnowska\u2019s monumental sculptures, including deconstructed forms rendered in steel, concrete and other materials associated with modernist architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>Sosnowska\u2019s sculptural practice explores urban transformation, and how architecture reflects social and political change, in particular the implosion of the Communist regime in Poland and the legacy of modernism. Her interest lies in the impact that architecture and space have on people and the challenges involved in transforming existing structures.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/SOSNO96333-hires-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14148\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/SOSNO96333-hires-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/SOSNO96333-hires-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/SOSNO96333-hires-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/SOSNO96333-hires-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/SOSNO96333-hires-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monika Sosnowska, <em>Stairs<\/em>, 2019, Paint, steel, Photo: Stefan Altenburger<br>Courtesy the artist and Hauser &amp; Wirth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At the SLG, a monumental site-specific installation in the Victorian Main Gallery will unite a group of previously disparate large-scale works suspended from the distinctive beams beneath the vast glass ceiling lantern. Made of construction materials such as steel and rebar, and some weighing over half a tonne, this huge display will seemingly test the fabric of a 135-year-old institution. The skeletal works will hang from the rafters like carcasses, remnants of architectural and broader histories in which individual elements merge into an intertwined and sometimes incomprehensible mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>In the Fire Station building, which dates back to 1867, Sosnowska\u2019s works will again be positioned to be in direct response to the architecture and history of the gallery spaces. A sculpture based on the form of a collapsed black metal staircase will be shown in the former engine room to be in clear dialogue with the Fire Station\u2019s new white metal stairs which were inspired by the architectural language of fire escapes. The adjacent gallery overlooking a leafy outdoor space will be overtaken by sculptures with plant-like forms to create a concrete garden of rebar branches and collapsing trees. Upstairs in what used to be the firemen\u2019s living quarters, painted steel works reminiscent of crumpled paper and peeling walls will hark back to the dilapidated state of the building before it was converted for its current use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14158\" style=\"width:538px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-1410x2048.jpg 1410w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/Monika-Sosnowska_Ballerina_2024_Photo-Simon-Vogel_1-scaled.jpg 1762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monika Sosnowska, Installation view,\u00a0<em>Ghosts<\/em>, Gisela Capitain Gallery, Cologne, 2024, Courtesy of the artist and Gisela Capitain Gallery, Cologne<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>Sosnowska is known for working with industrial materials and often on a large scale, but her ideas are developed through the creation of intricate paper models, which are rarely seen outside the studio and are shown here for the first time in London. These small-scale maquettes draw on the architectural tradition of model-making and reveal a fascinating aspect of the artist\u2019s working practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>About Monika Sosnowska<\/strong> <br>Monika Sosnowska studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Pozna\u0144 and completed postgraduate training at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She is now based in Warsaw. Recent solo exhibitions include Monika Sosnowska: An Order Apart at EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art), Espoo, Finland (2024); Ghosts at Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (2024); and a major presentation at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2023). Her work is currently on show at the Princess Estelle Sculpture Park, Rosendal, Royal Djurg\u00e5rden, Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Find out more about the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlondongallery.org\/exhibitions\/monika-sosnowska-weight-of-matter\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 September &#8211; 22 November 2026, Main Gallery &amp; Fire Station Galleries, during gallery opening hours, Wednesday \u2013 Sunday, The Main Gallery\u00a0and Fire Station\u00a0are\u00a0open: Wed 12-9pm and Thu-Sun 12-6pm Press &amp; Influencer preview: 9 September, 9.30am &#8211; 11am This autumn, the South London Gallery (SLG) will present Weight of Matter, a major solo exhibition by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-visual-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter @SouthLondonGallery - Instytut Polski w Londynie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2026\/08\/27\/monika-sosnowska-weight-of-matter-southlondongallery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pl_PL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter @SouthLondonGallery - Instytut Polski w Londynie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"10 September &#8211; 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Upstairs in what used to be the firemen\u2019s living quarters, painted steel works reminiscent of crumpled paper and peeling walls will hark back to the dilapidated state of the building before it was converted for its current use.\nSosnowska is known for working with industrial materials and often on a large scale, but her ideas are developed through the creation of intricate paper models, which are rarely seen outside the studio and are shown here for the first time in London. These small-scale maquettes draw on the architectural tradition of model-making and reveal a fascinating aspect of the artist\u2019s working practice.\nAbout Monika Sosnowska Monika Sosnowska studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Pozna\u0144 and completed postgraduate training at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She is now based in Warsaw. 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