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Cordial atmosphere (Relay)

Popularization note

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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Information about the object

Information about this object Cordial atmosphere (Relay)

Author / creator

Grzywacz, Zbylut (1939-2004)

Dimensions

cały obiekt: height: 35,1 cm, width: 50,4 cm

Object type

drawing

Technique

pencil

Material

graphite; paper

Creation time / dating

1968

Creation / finding place

powstanie: Cracow (Poland)

Owner

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Identification number

MPOLIN-M215

Location / status

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