Born in 1989 in Warsaw, Poland, and graduated with honors from the Sculpture Department of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2018, Ewa Dabrowska is the winner of the ENTRY Initiative Award and the Society of Friends of the Academy Award. She has participated in art festivals and exhibitions in Poland, Hungary, Germany, Armenia, Slovakia and Italy.
Her creations wander from installations and happenings to traditional sculptures, drawings and land art. She works mainly with light materials such as moss, paper, sponge and branches gathered in the forest. An important area of her activity is art created to draw attention to our planet condition and the question of human actions related to the environment in which we live with living beings.
As a musician, she looks for ways to combine music and sculpture in the same creative process.
Herd depicts a herd of animals resembling wild boars crossing forest paths. This herd will consist of 9 sculptures measuring between 90 cm and 150 cm at the withers, made from twisted branches supported by a sturdy internal skeleton.
The artist’s aim is to capture the natural beauty of the forest, by integrating these 9 sculptures in total harmony with the environment and eliciting an impromptu fairy tale effect among visitors. The objective is also to emphasise the importance of local wildlife and natural habitats, in the face of global deforestation and its impact on the survival of wild animal species. The herd symbolises a strong and united group that crosses the forest without fear, because it is their home.
The frame of each sculpture will be welded from 15x15 mm metal profiles. Solid, hard, thick branches will be attached to this frame. The stability of each sculpture will be ensured by a rigid horizontal frame (trellis), connected to the four legs and buried about 5-15 cm underground. The sculptures will be finished with fine willow hairs.