Monika Sosnowska at South London Gallery

Spanning the Main Gallery and two floors of the Fire Station, the exhibition brings together large-scale sculptures made from steel, concrete and other industrial materials associated with modernist architecture. Sosnowska’s work reflects on the legacy of modernism and the architectural and social changes that followed the collapse of the communist regime in Poland.

In the Main Gallery, large-scale sculptures are suspended from the rafters, some weighing more than half a tonne. Together, they create an interconnected mass of architectural forms and fragments.

The exhibition continues into the Fire Station, a building dating from 1867, where Sosnowska responds directly to the architecture and history of the space. A collapsed black metal staircase sits alongside plant-like forms and painted steel structures that evoke construction, demolition and the traces buildings leave behind over time.

Shown in London for the first time are intricate paper models, created by Sosnowska as starting points for her monumental sculptures.

The Bukhman Foundation is proud to be the lead supporter of Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter at South London Gallery, on view from 10 September to 22 November 2026.

About Monika Sosnowska

Monika Sosnowska studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań 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 Djurgården, Stockholm.

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Installation view of Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter at the South London Gallery.

Photo: Jo Underhill.