{"id":4115,"date":"2023-03-28T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&#038;p=4115"},"modified":"2023-03-28T21:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:00:23","slug":"the-gifts-of-stolem-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/the-gifts-of-stolem-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gifts of Stolem sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Technique: <\/strong>bronze sculpture, cast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> approx. 150 cm (height)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Object:<\/strong> <em>The Gifts of Stolem <\/em>is a sculpture in the shape of a sphere on an axis, at a slight angle in relation to the ground. It is set on a small hill finished with pavers. The object is made of bronze and consists of 30 plaques with bas-reliefs that fill the sphere\u2019s surface in a striped arrangement. The plaques show 30 animal and human figures from <em>The Gifts of Stolem<\/em>, a legend written by Jerzy Samp. The figures, shown in a simplified and stylised form, include a lion, a dragon, a crocodile, a deer, a turtle, a falcon, an eagle and a knight. \u201cThis is a ball for a game that, according to a Gda\u0144sk legend, was offered to the city by Stolem as thanks for the hospitality. When he came to Gda\u0144sk, instead of lying on the ground, he could sit on the tower of St. Mary\u2019s Church (which is why it is so flat)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place: <\/strong>The sculpture was placed in front of the main entrance to the Madison shopping centre. Jakub Maliszewski is also the author of the gallery\u2019s interior design, which is meant to resemble a downtown street in Gda\u0144sk. The ground floor walls feature ceramic coats of arms of Gda\u0144sk families, a medallion, bas-reliefs with putti, mascarons and decorative keystones imitating the architectural details of the Gda\u0144sk Old Town. There is an overscaled sculpture of <em>Hevelius\u2019s Parrot <\/em>\u00a0on the first floor, illustrating Jerzy Samp\u2019s<em> Legend of Master Hevelius\u2019 Parrot<\/em>. Three lions placed on separate consoles in a small patio at a height of 18 m are a reference to the Gda\u0144sk coat of arms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author<\/strong>: Jakub Maliszewski was born in 1972 in Bia\u0142ystok. In 1999, he obtained his degree from the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk (Prof. Franciszek Dusze\u0144ko\u2019s studio). His work has been shown at many solo and group exhibitions. He is the author of sculptures and commemorative plaques, interior design elements and fa\u00e7ades (\u201cPod Papugami\u201d and \u201cMaharad\u017ca\u201d restaurants in Gda\u0144sk), altars and stations of the cross (Calvary in Gda\u0144sk, \u015aw. Wojciech).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition of the object: <\/strong>\u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>Madison Shopping Centre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author of the entry:<\/strong> Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Technique: bronze sculpture, cast Dimensions: approx. 150 cm (height) Object: The Gifts of Stolem is a sculpture in the shape of a sphere on an axis, at a slight angle in relation to the ground. It is set on a small hill finished with pavers. The object is made of bronze and consists of 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":277,"template":"","object_cats":[39],"districts":[47],"object_authors":[55],"class_list":["post-4115","object","type-object","status-publish","hentry","object_cat-sculpture","obj_district-old-town","object_author-kora-kowalska-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects\/4115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/object"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"object_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_cats?post=4115"},{"taxonomy":"obj_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=4115"},{"taxonomy":"object_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_authors?post=4115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}