'City and Landscape' - Peter Silbiger



14th July - 2nd September

Peter Silbiger, a British national born in Ruzomberok, is a nuclear physicist who, in his free time, takes photographs. The pictures give us an idea about the way he sees the world around us, the town, the countryside or even their details. His lens catches fleeting moments which havejust momentarily appeared; he sees them, seizes them and immortalizes them. He does not look for beauty, on the contrary, he brings us close to a landscape bruised by tides, or to land marked by deliberate human effort.

As is often the case, each of his photographs tells a story, be it a lighthouse on the island of Bass Rock, an epitaph found in the Edinburgh cemetery, or a boat abandoned on a Clevedon bank. Peter does not tell us these stories, he simply invites us to invent them for ourselves. It is here where I see, or rather I feel, the magic of his photographs truly lies. Open but unfinished fairy-tales.


We are honoured to host a visit by Professor Stefan Slachta, Chief Architect of Slovakia, who will launch Peter s exhibition and give a short lecture on:

Art and Architecture in Bratislava during Fleischmann's era

Exhibition Opening and Lecture - 14th July 7.30pm

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