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4/12/2004

Monika Sosnowska

Serpentine Gallery, London

Using the exhibition space of the Serpentine as the starting point for her work, Monika Sosnowska has been commissioned to design an installation that will dramatically transform the configuration of the galleries. It is comprised of a series of irregularly shaped chambers and interconnecting passages based on geometric forms and shifts of scale. Sosnowska's labyrinthine environment will engage and confound visitors and alter perceptions of the Serpentine.

Visitors will enter into the existing architecture of the Gallery, after which they will encounter a passageway into her installation and the abstract spaces beyond. Sosnowska conceives the work as a series of spaces through which visitors are channelled.

Sosnowska was born in Ryki, Poland in 1972, and her work is frequently reminiscent of eastern European public buildings. In this case, the monochrome walls, floor and ceiling and the non-traditional architectural configuration of the installation recall the uniform, low-cost décor and structures often found in Polish architecture of the 1970s and 80s.

This will be the first exhibition of Sosnowska's work in a public gallery in the United Kingdom. Previously her installations have been presented in a number of international exhibitions including the Venice Biennial and the Istanbul Biennial in 2003, and Manifesta 4, Frankfurt, in 2002.

The Serpentine will produce a catalogue on the work of Monika Sosnowska, featuring an essay by Anke Kempkes, Curator, Kunsthalle Basel. It will include images of the installation at the Gallery as well as previous works.

For further information, please contact:
Vicky Steer Tel 020 7298 1511

Artist Talk
Monika Sosnowska in conversation with Dr Jane Rendell
Sunday 5 December
2pm

Serpentine Gallery
Admission free

To coincide with this exhibition, Monika Sosnowska will talk with Dr Jane Rendell, Reader in Architecture and Art, and Director of Architectural Research, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Gallery Talks
An introduction to the work of Monika Sosnowska
Saturdays 3pm
Admission free

11 December 2004 Gavin Wade, artist and curator
18 December 2004 Ben Jones, art historian, BSL interpreted
25 December 2004 Gallery closed
1 January 2005 Gallery closed
8 January 2005 Graham Seaton, artist
15 January 2005 Milika Muritu, artist and curator

Image:
Monika Sosnowska
Untitled 2004
Installation at The Modern Institute, Glasgow
© 2004 Monika Sosnowska
Photo: Ruth Clarke

Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens W2 3XA, London

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