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

Dimensions: –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Object: <\/strong>Mariusz Otta\u2019s <\/em>sculpture of Johannes Hevelius 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

Mariusz Otta decided to sculpt the figure of Johannes Hevelius, a Gda\u0144sk astronomer, mathematician and constructor of scientific instruments. The sculpture was placed on a low plinth. The artist created the head of Johannes Hevelius out of black granite, in his trademark way combining ugliness with beauty to achieve a surrealistic sculptural effect. The astronomer\u2019s face corresponds to the image of Hevelius known from prints and paintings, but in Otta\u2019s version it is distorted, bringing to mind the surrealistic way thinking about shape and form: the head is flattened with carefully sculpted facial features. As the artist himself emphasizes, when working, he tries to capture his own dispersed thoughts, constructing the portrayed person anew, as if creating their image from scratch. A similar effect was achieved with the sculpture in Reagan Park. As art historian Marta Wr\u00f3blewska described the output of Mariusz Otta, instead of making a portrait, the artist rather creates a study of a face.<\/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> Mariusz Otta (b. 1983) is a sculptor who also works with ceramic art, painting and drawing. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk, graduating from Prof. S\u0142awoj Ostrowski\u2019s studio. Otta has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including France, Germany, Spain and Norway. The artist\u2019s works may be found in the public spaces of Gda\u0144sk, e.g. two wooden sculptures in the John Paul II Park and a lion\u2019s head on Kobzdeja Square. His works also decorated the set design of Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski\u2019s Cold War<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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

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

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Author of the entry: <\/strong>Dorota Kucharczyk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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