ARTCHAT | The Transformation - artistic beginnings. A retrospective

Let’s make a few steps into the past. We already talked about Marian Gołogórski’s artistic beginnings, and studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Doing that, we should also say a few words about his diploma work.

ARTCHAT | How it all began? A retrospective

At the beginning, there was a gift. As a little child, Marian Gołogórski very often modeled small forms and figures for fun. Creating own child's world, using plasticin and modeling clay, he was making first steps towards something that turned out to be his life-long passion and profession. There is an interestng anecdote from an early period of Marian Gołogórski's childhood. That's how he talks about this:

The good friend of my parents, Ms. Eugenia Hejmanowa-Olejnik, who was a Jewish survivor from the Holocaust, worked for Polish Radio. When I was 6 years old, she took three small and charming figures of "Plastuś" (polish children's book character) I made in plasticin. Eugenia passed my little sculptures to the editor's office of Polish Radio in Warsaw. After a couple of days, a very well known Polish actress, Irena Kwiatkowska, who performed the role of Plastuś in the radio programme for children, said "thank you, little Marianek Gołogórski for sending the beautiful figures of Plastuś".

We can say that it was his first success in the artistic field. Surely the most unexpected.

As time went by, Gologorski became a teenager, and had to make a decision about his future. Because he was still passionate with sculpture, he decided to leave Piotrków Trybunalski (a small Polish city) and start artistic education in one of Polish bigger cities. And so, Marian, as a seventeen years old boy became a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Young Marian Gołogórski as a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow.

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ARTCHAT | Life is a pink roller-coaster exhibition

It's time for a small retrospective! We'd like to show you a couple of pictures we took during Life is a pink roller-coaster international art exhibition that took place in the gallery between June 5th and June 30th, 2010.

The exhibition was a unique opportunity to see how many different artistic approaches there can be. The artists coming from different cultural backgrounds have presented marvellous pieces of art: from painting, photography and typography to sculpture and ceramics.

Click to see more astonishing photos from the vernissage.

ARTCHAT | Marian Gołogórski in Polish Fine Artists Association (ZPAP)

Marian Gologorski is a member of Polish Fine Artists Association (ZPAP) since 1972. The Assocition has always been supporting Polish artists, especially during the communism. The main goal of ZPAP is to take care of artists' rights and to provide them with new possibilities and opportunities. In the past, Marian Gołogórski was a member of the chair of ZPAP. Today, he is a holder of ZPAP's golden medal for his artistic and curatorial achievements. In 2011, Marian Gologorski took part in ZPAP's 100th anniversary exhibition, which was the main part of the jubilee celebration.

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