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Technique: painting
Object:
One of the two historicist façades covering a block of flats built as part of the post-war reconstruction of Gdańsk. In 2017, 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 triaxial eastern façade received a painting decoration, alternating concave and convex and located in the interstorey space. They are circles inscribed in squares, from which wavy lines extend horizontally. The overall design is in cool colours, dominated by circles in oranges and browns.
Place:
The buildings are in an area designated as a heritage site. They form part of the historic urban layout of the city of Gdańsk. Ogarna Street was destroyed in 1945 during the war. It was rebuilt on the basis of the so-called Zachwatowicz plan that envisaged the reconstruction of historical forms, which was only feasible in the form of a workers’ housing estate. The erected block of flats was covered by a historicist façade screen. The buildings thus created were the result of combining two houses into a complex with a common staircase, an entrance from the courtyard and an even top line of windows emphasising the block-like nature of the premise. The elevations were not completed with architectural decoration.
Information about the author:
Sebastian Bożek graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He earned his MA in 2012 in the studio of Professor Leszek Misiak. Since 2015, he has been a doctoral student at the Faculty of Arts of the Pedagogical University of Kraków. Since 2019, he is an assistant at the Institute of Painting and Art Education of the Pedagogical University of Kraków. He holds a scholarship from the Minister of Culture. He works with installations, murals and illustrations. Bożek created many works designated for public space, among others in Łódź and Kraków. He has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Poland and internationally.
Condition of the object: good
Owner/guardian: “Attyka” real estate management
Author of the entry: Noemi Etush
Bibliography:
https://www.fasadyodnowa.pl/pl/realizacje/ogarna-2223/ [accessed: 18 April 2021]
https://cargocollective.com/sebastianbozek [accessed: 18 April 2021]
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