UPCOMING 2022

Filip
Kamil
Łazarczyk

Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art

Problems of conservation of the stylised Column with a Ram from the former garden of Bolesław and Maria Cybis, from the collection of the Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia Division of the National Museum in Warsaw

Supervisor:
Dr hab. Wiesław Procyk Assoc. Prof.
Chair of Conservation and Restoration of Sculpture and Architectural Elements

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Description

Self-reflection

The aim of conservation works was to restore the artistic value of the work along with its proper exhibition function. The scope of works encompassed the restoration of the original vertical combination of elements of the object, the creation of a telescopic assembly system allowing for the reintegration of the Column with a Ram, the thorough cleaning of constituent surfaces of the composition, the removal of layers and secondary cement supplements resulting in the partial restoration of original colours, the reconstruction of missing part of the decoration necessary for the correct interpretation of presented sculpting forms, and the rebuilding of the stone facing that serves as a sort of background for the monument.

Diptych

Supervisor:
Dr hab. Grzegorz Stachańczyk Assoc. Prof.
Studio of Drawing and Monumental Forms

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Description

Self-reflection

The main inspiration for the pieces in question was William Blake’s poem The Tyger (1794) and admiration for large-format masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens, particularly those presenting animalistic scenes (for example, The Tiger Hunt, 1615–1616). In the case of this diptych, however, the beast prevails over the human.