Kompozycje przestrzenno-rzeźbiarskie Katarzyny Kobro

• Authors: Utkin Bolesław

Title variants

EN

THE SPATIAL SCULPTURAL COMPOSITIONS OF KATARZYNA KOBRO

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In connection w ith th e fo u r th ie th a n n iv e r s a ry of estab lish in g th e R ev o lu tio n a ry A rtis ts ’ G ro u p “AR” being a t th e same tim e a n n iv e rs a ry of fo u n d in g the fir s t Polish G a lle ry of Modern A rt th e Museum of Arts, Łódź, who is co n tin u in g th e a c tiv itie s once s ta r ted by th e Gallery, h a s u n d e rta k e n a se rie s of re s e a rch an d p o p u la riz in g actions. Among th e o th e r aims of th e se actions h av e also b e en se t th o s e to su p p le m en t th e d a ta a lre a d y possessed a n d to g a th e r as fu ll as possible in fo rm a tio n w ith re g a rd to a c tiv itie s of th e “AR” G ro u p whose m em b e rs a n d fo u n d e rs w e re J a n Brzękowski, K a ta rz y n a Kobro, J u lia n P rz y boś, H e n ry k S ta ż ew sk i and W ład y sław S trz emiń sk i. In his p re s e n t a rtic le th e a u th o r d e a ls w ith re s to ra tio n of th e d e stru c te d d u rin g th e World W a r I I sp a tia l sc u lp tu ra l compositions of th e P o lish 20th c en tu ry a v a n t-g a rd e s c u lp tu re r K a ta rz y n a K obro (1898—1951). It is a well known fa c t th a t a ll h e r compositions Kobro based on th e defin ed n um e ric a l se ts th a t su p plied th e basis fo r h e r s c u lp tu ra l co n cep tio n s. According to h e r own words: “... a ll th e e lem e n ts conta in e d w ith in a scu lp tu re should be su b o rd in a te d to a n um b e r as such, an d th e n an d o n ly th e n the sc u lp tu re can be one w o rth y ...” She ap p lied th e n um b e rs in in te g ra te d compositional lay o u ts an d sy stems as, fo r in stan ce, in h e r co n stru c tiv is t scu lp tu re s, th a t a re kn ow n as th e “3/5/8 R a tio ” an d h av e b e en d escrib ed in th e book title d “The Space Composition”. While s ta rtin g his re s to ra tio n of th e fo u r s c u lp tu ra l compositions th e a u th o r of th e p re s e n t was aw a re of c re a tiv e ten d en c ie s in th e a r t of K a ta rz y n a Kobro. A fte r m ak in g a th o ro u g h a n a lysis o f component p a r ts an d of e n tire compositions he ad v an c ed an a ssum p tio n th a t fo r th e ir p ro p e r re s to ra tio n it is n e c e ssa ry to fin d a new “ n um b e r k e y ”. Only as a re s u lt of time -co n sumin g a ttem p ts an d tr ia ls he w as successful enough to re c o n s tru c t th e up to now u n re v e a led in K o b ro ’s compositions n um e ric a l sets, n am e ly th e a rithm e tic an d g eometric p rog ressions. Thus th e following w o rk s could be re co n s tru c ted : “A Composition of S ym m e try ” (see 111. 1, 2, 3), “The D ualism of C o n tra s ts ”, “The C o n tra s ts of S p a c e ” and “The S ix S h a p e s”. Originally, it we re th e fr e e - s ta n ding sc u lp tu re s ex e cu ted in wood, glass, p la s te r of P a ris, an d metal. All th e re s to ra tio n w o rk s w e re c a rried o u t to o rd e r of Museum of A rts, Łódź.

Keywords

PL

Katarzyna Kobro; Artyści Rewolucyjni „AR”; „Kompozycja Symetrii”; „Dualizm kontrastów”; „Kontrasty Przestrzeni”; „Sześć Kształtów”

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1972
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 203-206

Dates

published

1972

Contributors

author

Utkin Bolesław

• Art. plastyk, ZPAP Łódź