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Technique: sgraffito
Object:
A historicist façade covering a block of flats built as part of the post-war reconstruction of Gdańsk. In 2018, the façade underwent a major refurbishment under the ‘Gdańskie Fasady OdNowa’ project, which aimed to improve the quality of public spaces in Główne Miasto by adding architectural decoration to existing buildings that were omitted during Gdańsk’s reconstruction.
The biaxial façade gained a modest decoration in the gable end of the façade in the form of a sun made with a popular technique used during the historic reconstruction of the Główne Miasto district: the sgraffito.
Place:
The building is located in an area designated as a heritage site, in the vicinity of St Nicholas’s and St John’s churches. As a result of the wartime destruction in 1945, the urban layout was changed. During the reconstruction of Gdańsk, part of the original development of Świętojańska Street was not reconstructed, Księża Street was removed. The resulting quarter was adapted into a square.
Information about the author:
Przemysław Garczyński graduated in graphic arts from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, where he studied from 2007 to 2013 (he presented his graduation work in Prof. Piotr Lech’s studio), and in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (2018, Prof. Maciej Świeszewski’s studio). He currently works at the Department of Basic Education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, led by Jacek Zdybl, PhD. Garczyński was a finalist of the 17th edition of ‘Hestia Artistic Journey’ competition.
Condition of the object: good
Owner/guardian: ADMiSTA Administrator
Author of the entry: Noemi Etush
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