{"id":4142,"date":"2023-03-28T22:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&#038;p=4142"},"modified":"2023-03-28T22:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:44:50","slug":"gunter-grass","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/gunter-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00fcnter Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technique: <\/strong>granite sculpture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Material: <\/strong>granite<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions: &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Object: <\/strong>Anna Bem-Borucka\u2019s sculpture of G\u00fcnter Grass forms part of the \u201cGreat Citizens of Gda\u0144sk\u201d section of the Gda\u0144sk Open-Air Sculpture Gallery. It was created in 2008 during the Kashubian Granite Sculpture Plein-Air, which took place in the Kashubian Ethnographic Park in Wdzydze Kiszewskie. The open-air workshop was attended by 11 artists representing a generation of masters and a generation of students. All of them were asked to depict famous inhabitants of Gda\u0144sk in granite. A total of 11 sculptures were produced and subsequently placed in Gda\u0144sk\u2019s Ronald Reagan Park. At present, the gallery is composed of ten works, one of them incomplete; Bente Kluge\u2019s statue of Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa has disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Bem-Borucka decided to sculpt the figure of G\u00fcnter Grass, the Gda\u0144sk-born writer, Nobel Prize winner, draughtsman and sculptor, honorary citizen of Gda\u0144sk. The sculpture was placed on a plinth. The artist portrayed the writer in the form of a bust, in a schematic and simplified way, with the lower part of the torso unfinished. The bust is representational, i.e. elaborated on all sides. The sculpture is in keeping with the artistic character of Bem-Borucka\u2019s work, showing a peculiar tension between the suggestion of a smooth structure and its deliberate coarseness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place:<\/strong> The \u201cGreat Citizens of Gda\u0144sk\u201d Open-Air Sculpture Gallery is located in the park named after President Ronald Reagan, an honorary citizen of Gda\u0144sk. The gallery may be found in the part of the park situated in the Przymorze Wielkie neighbourhood. The 85 ha park stretches along the coastal belt of Gda\u0144sk, encompassing the districts of Przymorze Wielkie, the western part of Brze\u017ano and the eastern part of the \u017babianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysi\u0105clecia quarter. This area used to be occupied by temporary allotment gardens and wasteland. The plan to develop the seaside area for recreational purposes was drawn up in 2001 and implemented in stages until 2014. In addition to areas where one can relax, engage in physical activity or make a bonfire, the park was diversified with outflow ponds with living shorelines and nesting islands for waterbirds. In 2008, the Ronald Reagan Park in Gda\u0144sk received a distinction from the Society of Polish Town Planners (TUP), which recognized it as the best managed green space in Poland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author: <\/strong>Anna Bem-Borucka (b. 1955 in Sopot) is a sculptor, educator and academic lecturer, who also works with drawing and photography. She graduated from the State School of Visual Arts (PWSSP) in Gda\u0144sk \u2013 the present-day Academy of Fine Arts. She completed her degree under Prof. Adam Smolana and did a major in ceramics at Prof. Henryk Lula\u2019s studio. Bem-Borucka has taken part in several dozen exhibitions and symposiums in Poland and abroad (France, Russia, the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, Tunisia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Israel, Jordan, Czechia, Hungary, Ukraine).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition of the object: <\/strong>no remarks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>Gda\u0144sk Community Foundation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author of the entry<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Dorota Kucharczyk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technique: granite sculpture Material: granite Dimensions: &#8211; Object: Anna Bem-Borucka\u2019s sculpture of G\u00fcnter Grass forms part of the \u201cGreat Citizens of Gda\u0144sk\u201d section of the Gda\u0144sk Open-Air Sculpture Gallery. It was created in 2008 during the Kashubian Granite Sculpture Plein-Air, which took place in the Kashubian Ethnographic Park in Wdzydze Kiszewskie. 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