{"id":4143,"date":"2023-03-28T22:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&p=4143"},"modified":"2023-03-28T22:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:49:08","slug":"daniel-fahrenheit","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/daniel-fahrenheit\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Fahrenheit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Dimensions: –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Object: <\/strong>Lucyna Kujawa\u2019s sculpture of Daniel Fahrenheit 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

Lucyna Kujawa decided to sculpt a portrait of Daniel Fahrenheit, the Gda\u0144sk-born physicist and engineer, inventor of the mercury thermometer and the temperature scale used in Anglo-Saxon countries. The sculpture, shaped like a cube with its lower part cut off, was placed on a plinth. It has a conceptual character and is a subtle portrait of the Gda\u0144sk physicist. The idea is based on a representation of the Fahrenheit scale in stone, symbolically defined by the pink colouring of the black granite. A male profile emerges from the frontal surface of the sculpture. The artist herself emphasizes that while creating the work, she was inspired by the human element in Fahrenheit\u2019s physics. She marked the freezing point of brine, or 0\u00b0F, in the polished stone with a separate texture, while the male profile emerging from the stone symbolizes 100\u00b0F, or 37\u00b0C. Fahrenheit was the only physicist to use a physical constant not based on the natural world around him, but on the temperature of the human body, or 37\u00b0C. The sculpture is finished on all sides.<\/p>\n

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

Information about the author:<\/strong> Lucyna Kujawa is a sculptor. She studied sculpture and drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk, graduating from Prof. S\u0142awoj Ostrowski\u2019s studio. Since 2019, she has run her own business, MODULO, as an extension of her creative work and in response to her clients\u2019 needs. She likes using granite and marble in her artistic practice, but creates ceramic and cast metal works too. Kujawa also uses coloured resins enriched with aggregate and bronze, creates silicon moulds and reusable moulds. She collaborates with artists, architects and developers. Her works include the Four Quarters Fountain in Gda\u0144sk.<\/p>\n

Condition of the object: <\/strong>no remarks<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>Gda\u0144sk Community Foundation<\/p>\n

Author of the entry:<\/strong> Dorota Kucharczyk<\/p>\n

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