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Technique:<\/strong> sculptural installation, steel elements<\/p>\n Dimensions<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n Object: <\/strong>The monumental Gates<\/em> were prepared for the Roads to Freedom<\/em> exhibition, which was organised in the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard in 2000 by the \u0141A\u0179NIA Centre for Contemporary Art to mark the 20th<\/sup> anniversary of signing the August Accords. Gate II<\/em> symbolically refers to Gate I<\/em>; they are connected with each other by a ramp. Together, they form an anti-monument that clearly moves away from national-patriotic symbolism and the tradition of commemorating historic events. The form of Gate II <\/em>is a direct reference to the Monument to the Third International<\/em>, which was meant to be erected in Leningrad as a manifesto of communist ideology. The concept was proposed by Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin, a Russian painter and leading representative of Constructivism. The 400 m high building was also meant to represent the Soviet response to the Eiffel Tower, treated in the USSR as a symbol of rotten capitalism. The design was never implemented due to financial and technical constraints, but its model displayed in the courtyard of the London Royal Academy of Arts inspired artists from all over the world, becoming the most famous symbol of constructivist architecture.<\/p>\n The truncated spiral in Prof. Klaman\u2019s work refers to the closure of reflection on social and class ideology. The gate\u2019s structure \u2013 the destruction of Tatlin\u2019s form \u2013 symbolises the disintegration of totalitarian ideology. Grzegorz Klaman\u2019s Gates<\/em> were not only meant to commemorate, but also to formulate concepts, disrupt historical memory, ask questions and expose the unspoken.<\/p>\n Place<\/strong>: Gate I<\/em> and Gate II<\/em> are located in the axis of Gda\u0144sk Shipyard\u2019s historic gate no. 2. Their colour and form inspired the designers of the European Solidarity Centre, built several years later (the institution also keeps other elements of the Roads to Freedom<\/em> exhibition). Grzegorz Klaman\u2019s Gates <\/em>were created in cooperation with employees of the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard Design Office, and the structure itself was built by the Gda\u0144sk-based Mostostal company. Now, even though the design office, Mostostal and numerous other entities that were active in the shipyard\u2019s heyday no longer exist, Klaman\u2019s Gates<\/em> remain, acting as a testament to bygone times and human work.<\/p>\n Information about the author<\/strong>: Grzegorz Klaman (born in\u00a01959) graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture of the State School of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk (now Academy of Fine Arts). He obtained his degree in 1985 in the studio of Prof. Franciszek Dusze\u0144ko. Since 1984, he has been working to stimulate various areas of Gda\u0144sk through art, including the Granary Island and the former public baths. Klaman was the co-founder and manager of Wyspa Gallery (until 2012) and Wyspa Progress Foundation, and co-initiator (with Aneta Szy\u0142ak) of establishing the \u0141A\u0179NIA Centre for Contemporary Art. He organised and took part in several hundred exhibitions, shows and workshops in Poland and abroad. His most important exhibitions include: Paradise Lost<\/em> at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw (1990), Doppelte Indentit\u00e4t<\/em> at the Landesmuseum in Wiesbaden (1991), Freedom \/ At Last<\/em> in Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2000), and In Between. Art In Poland 1945\u20132000<\/em>\u00a0at the\u00a0Chicago Cultural Center (2001). Between 2002 and 2013, he founded and ran the Modelarnia [Model Hall], a cooperative of artists in the former shipyard area, where he established the Wyspa Institute of Art with Aneta Szy\u0142ak (2004\u20132016). Klaman received a Fulbright scholarship from the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. His work includes installations, public space interventions (large-scale objects and sculptures, performances), critical art and bio-art, analysing the discursive relationships between the body, power, knowledge and science.<\/p>\n Condition of the object<\/strong>: partially destroyed<\/p>\n Owner\/guardian<\/strong>: European Solidarity Centre<\/p>\n Author of the entry:<\/strong> Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Technique: sculptural installation, steel elements Dimensions \u2013 Object: The monumental Gates were prepared for the Roads to Freedom exhibition, which was organised in the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard in 2000 by the \u0141A\u0179NIA Centre for Contemporary Art to mark the 20th anniversary of signing the August Accords. 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