#walenty pytel

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Chair by Tadeusz Kantor, 1995:

propaganda: to krzesło stoi w huciskach, obok domu artysty. i to utylitarne, najprostsze, najzwyklejsze krzesło górujące nad drzewami i pobliskim drewnianym domem jest ahh *chef's kiss* [this chair is standing in Huciska, next to the artist's house. this utalitarian, simple, normal chair towers ober the trees and the nearby wooden house is *chef's kiss*]

mniejsza wersja tej rzeźby jest chyba bardziej znana, bo stoi we wrocławiu, gdzie kantor początkowo planował postawić pełnorozmiarową wersję. ten plan ostatecznie nie wypalił, i po śmierci kantora krzesło według oryginalnego planu stanęło w huciskach, a po ok 40 latach od oryginalnych planów także we wrocławiu. tak więc hej, ostatecznie mamy dwa krzesła! [another smaller version of this sculpture is probably better known, because its standing in Wrocław, where Kantor initially planned to place the full size version. this plan ultimately failed, and after Kantor's death it was placed in Huciska, and after 40 years since the original project also in Wrocław. so, hey, we have two chairs!]

The Fossor by Walenty Pytel, 1979

Space of unknown growth by Magdalena Abakanowicz, 1998:

propaganda: At least people I've talked to seem to be more familar with Magdalena Abakanowiczs "Agora" but I wanted to high light this work in contrast. Agora with the headless humanoid figures has something creepy, the artist spoke about crowds tendency to blindly follow even into horrible violence, but it also for me has the depersonalisation/objectification of the figures which is its own form of violence - in contrast these large rocks are softer in a way, more approchable, a nicer story, the title of the work with the shape of the rocks and the surrounding forest makes me thing of seeds, hope - of course just because something is a nicer story to hear doesn't make it a better story to hear, I am glad that hard to shallow work like Agora exist, we need to think and talk about stuff that is hard, but I also like that work like "Space of Unknown Growth" exists.

The Fossor by Walenty Pytel, 1979