Exhibition
Agnieszka Dabrowska - 'Forgotten/Forbidden'
30 Apr 2016 – 13 May 2016
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 22:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 21:00
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 238 - 246 King Street,
- Hammersmith
- London
- W6 0RF
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus 391 190 267 H91
- Tube Ravenscourt Park
- District Linę
This series of acrylic and oil paintings by Agnieszka Dabrowska is called: ‘Forgotten/ Forbidden’, taking us on a trip to places that are important to her. The places cast the mind deep into her past, but also the present.
About
This is a journey into the mysterious gardens and deep black forests of the childish curiosity of discovering and testing.
In this body of work the artist is going back to a world seen from a child’s perspective; colorful , adventurous and full of treasures. “On the snow” 2015, “Poking in Mud” 2015. Is an expedition into the unknown which is sometimes tinged with danger and anxiety ; “ Waiting to Go” 2016, “Rooster” 2016 . This journey is like a dream which is soft and gentle and yet worrying and scary “Midsummer Night dream” 2015, “ Forest Man” 2016. The landscapes overlaps , the places and events mix into one another; disappearing or cumulating.
This exhibition is to take us into the artist’s inner world ; where she is looking for a harmony in a chaos of events.
Agnieszka’s inspirations comes from the landscape of South East England where she lives at the moment and also from the landscape of South- East Poland; where she originally comes from. The biggest reflection in her work is what surrounds her; people, situations, emotions and dreams. Dreams open different spaces and desires; you can feel the air, smell and touch things. This is everything that the artist aiming for in her works.
“ My approach to painting is spontaneous however I spend much time prior conceiving what I might paint. All transformations and changes to happen ; allow the painting to paint itself . This is the most important and exciting thing to me. My painting is built up by layering; where I use different items to make textures; matches, clothes, wooden blocks, foil etc. I enjoy finding bits and bobs in second hand shops, and anything that could serve to make a good mark or interesting line. That’s where the title of forgotten /forbidden also comes from.“
Agnieszka Dabrowska