{"id":1122,"date":"2022-12-30T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/dev\/?post_type=object&p=1122"},"modified":"2022-12-30T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:13:16","slug":"sculptures-from-the-cases-series","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/sculptures-from-the-cases-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculptures from the Cases series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technique: <\/strong>ceramic sculpture<\/p>\n

Dimensions:<\/strong> approx. 180 cm to 220 cm (height)<\/p>\n

Object:<\/strong> The series of sculptures consists of four free-standing sculptures with synthetic representations of female figures sitting on cubic pedestals, and two ceramic compositions \u2013 reliefs depicting silhouettes of naked bodies \u201cimprinted\u201d in clay. All the sculptures are integrated into the walkway leading from the local train station to the intersection of Pomorska, Gospoda and Ch\u0142opska Streets. In 1974, the artist referred to them as \u201ccases for our psyche\u2019s various states and circumstances\u201d, such as, for example, love, laziness, sadness, pain. \u201cA case \u2013 as she explained \u2013 is a direct encouragement to identify with the idea behind it.\u201d Also, in 2010 she explained in Gazeta Wyborcza that: \u201cMy Cases<\/em> were supposed to be a human touch in this architecture, a place where you could hide, cuddle up\u201d. The sculptor made them in 1974 during a plein-air workshop in Kadyny.<\/p>\n

Originally, the series consisted of five free-standing sculptures and two reliefs.<\/p>\n

Place: <\/strong>\u017babianka was the first experimental estate on the Polish coast where urban planners decided to place works of art between the grey blocks of flats. Swiet\u0142ana Zerling, working with artists from the so-called \u201cKadyny\u201d group (Edward Roguszczak, Maria Kuczy\u0144ska, Hanna \u017bu\u0142awska, Swiet\u0142ana Zerling and architect Jacek Krenz), created an innovative project: \u201cCeramics for architecture\u201d. It consisted of a fountain, sculptures and reliefs, as well as 3D and art arrangement of the areas between the buildings (hills, flower beds, Indian villages, playgrounds, etc.). Everything is made of natural materials (clay, wood), which contrast with the dehumanised concrete of prefabricated slab blocks of flats.<\/p>\n

Information about the author:<\/strong> Swiet\u0142ana Zerling studied at the Faculty of Sculpture of the State Higher School of Fine Art (PWSSP) in Gda\u0144sk, in the studios of professors Stanis\u0142aw Horno-Pop\u0142awski and Alfred Wi\u015bniewski. She received her diploma in 1972. She participated in international ceramics exhibitions in Gda\u0144sk and holds distinctions from the International Ceramics Competition<\/em> in Faenza (1976) and the 10th<\/sup> National Exhibition<\/em> of Young Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art<\/em> in Sopot (1974). Zerling received a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and Art. She worked with sculptures and ceramics, and was a member of the famous \u201cKadyny\u201d group, active in the 1970s. Her sculptural work is aligned with modernism.<\/p>\n

Condition of the object: <\/strong>partially destroyed, awaiting renovation, currently the sculptures are slightly neglected and regularly damaged by vandals. None of the sculptures has a description plaque.<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>\u017babianka Housing Cooperative<\/p>\n

Author of the entry: Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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