CITYISLAND

Anka Dabrowska, Jeni Snell, Stav Bee

Drawing, Collage, Painting, Sculpture, Installation and Performance

Three women show curated by Anka Dabrowska

Private Reception Thursday 13 June 2019 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Exhibition: 14th - 20th June 2019

The Silver Building, 60 Dock Road, London E16 1YZ

The Silver Building is pleased to present CITYISLAND by Anka Dabrowska, Jeni Snell and Stav Bee. This exhibition, curated by Anka Dabrowska, includes new drawings, collage, sculpture, painting, installation, video, photographs and a live performance, which activate a fresh narrative on the urban and rural (city/ island) landscape, with issues surrounding identity, place and culture. 

“Cities are never just what they seem; they are like dreams, made of desires and fears.”

 Calvino, Italo. (1972) Invisible Cities

For CITYISLAND, Dabrowska created a site - specific installation focusing on the concept of shelter as a fortress of our bodies; an extension of ourselves. This temporary, fragile structure, made out of old sculptures and objects, that Dabrowska smashed up and rebuilt is based on recycling and regeneration. While the drawings sit in contrast and in dialogue with the installation, questions about vulnerability and protection, the housing crisis, personal stories and the current physical sensations of anxiety, emerge.