Krzysztof Wróblewski

Wróblewski’s painting addresses historical memory and how it is modified in social memory. It is based on photographic documentation, i.e., a realistic record of the places where the WWII began and where Solidarity was born. In the face of the redefinitions of historical policies, the artist arranged a kind of mosaic of symbols of the Gdańsk road to freedom, — once the common values shared by the Poles — including the monument to the defenders of Westerplatte, the uniform of their commander Major Sucharski, the gate of the Gdańsk Shipyard — the cradle of the Solidarity Trade Union, or Lech Wałęsa, the leader of the anti-communist opposition and the Nobel Prize winner, carried on the shoulders of the striking workers. The work is an investigation of the processes of constructing identities.

• Object type:
  oil on canvas
• Year:
  2006
• Dimensions:
  140 × 200 cm
• inv. no.:
  MNG/NOMUS/9/D
• Własność:
  Deposit of the City of Gdańsk, part of the Gdańsk Collection of Contemporary Art