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AN ODE TO URBAN SOLITUDE
03.04-30.04.2025
Kulup 26
Torstrasse 26, 10117
Berlin, Germany
Big City Dreamers
A duo exhibition by Katya Quel and Lou Jelenski, Big City Dreamers is rooted in the raw pulse of urban life. The show brings together two artists whose practices emerged from the graffiti-laced streets of major cities and have since evolved into rich, personal forms of world-building.
Katya Quel and Lou Jelenski share a common starting point — the visual language of the street — yet their paths diverge into distinct material explorations. Jelenski presents a series of metal sculptural objects that feel both industrial and intimate, echoing the architecture and energy of the city. Quel unveils new ceramic works alongside a video piece that follows a dreamy, underdog figure drifting asleep—and perhaps falling in love—on a subway ride through another vast metropolis.
Together, their works resonate like an ode to urban solitude, fleeting encounters, and the poetic potential of the overlooked.