A travel document
1969
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Part of the collection: The Wprost group's attitude towards March 1968
The work from the series 'Speakers' belongs to the cycle 'March'68' created by Zbylut Grzywacz in April 1968. 'Speakers' were a reaction to the televised speeches of the then First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party Władysław Gomółka and the Polish Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz. Making a reference to tear gases used for dispelling student gatherings, the artist presented the 'Speakers' as figures with gas masks on their faces; thus, he suggests that neither they can hear anything nor can the words they speak be heard. He shows them as self-isolating from the society and speaking to themselves. In 'Cordial Atmosphere', Grzywacz depicts Władysław Gomułka, whom he calls Father William, applauding himself, devoid of the unnecessary brain skull, a man of power, qualityless and empty inside..
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Author / creator
Dimensions
cały obiekt: height: 35,1 cm, width: 50,4 cm
Object type
drawing
Technique
pencil
Material
graphite; paper
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
Location / status
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Warszawa; 1944-1990)
1969
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Warszawa; 1944-1990)
1969
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Sobocki, Leszek
1968
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
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