Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter at the South London Gallery in London, UK, presents the work of the Warsaw-based artist known for warping the language of modernist architecture. Spread across the Main Gallery and the Fire Station, the exhibition uses heavy industrial materials to explore the psychological impact of urban spaces.

Visitors encounter massive steel structures suspended from rafters like industrial carcasses and concrete forms that resemble a petrified garden. The show also features Sosnowska's intricate paper models, providing the first opportunity in London to see the delicate scale where her monumental, half-tonne sculptures begin.

Sosnowska’s work draws on the architectural remnants of Poland’s communist era, turning rigid structures into symbols of uncertainty and decay. By placing these distorted forms within a Victorian fire station and a contemporary gallery, the exhibition creates a physical dialogue between the history of the buildings and the pliability of steel.

A physically powerful encounter with contemporary sculpture that rewards those interested in how architecture, history, and raw materials shape our perception of space.

The gallery is open Wednesday from 12pm to 9pm, and Thursday through Sunday from 12pm to 6pm.