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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Download Marian Gologorski's beautiful catalogue

Marian Gołogórski is not only the Gallery's owner, but also master sculptor, internationally renowned for his sculptures, brilliant jewellery, fashion designs and extraordinary artistic glassware.

We have prepared something special for all the fans of Marian Gologorski's craft, but also for those of you who don't know him yet. Although it shows only a small part of Marian Gołogórski's artistic achievements, it could give you an image of how unique his craft is.

What's inside the catalogue? 
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ARTCRAFT | Patinating

Hello and welcome to the second of our articles covering artistic craft.

Today's article is going to be about patina that artists are using to refine bronze sculptures. Marian Gołogórski will be giving some advices on how to apply a patina on sculptures.

You'll also see some masterfully crafted pieces from Marian Gołogórski's workshop along with the beautiful examples of his patinated sculptures.

Marian Gołogórski | Wandering friend of L. R. | bronze sculpture | 2010

What's a patina then?
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Coming up...

What is patina for? Why does it appear on the surface of bronze sculptures?
You'll find it all in our next post from ArtCraft column!

Marian Gołogórski | Wandering friend of L. R. | bronze sculpture | 2010

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.

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ARTCRAFT | Lost-wax casting

As promised, we're starting a new series of educational posts for everyone interested in the process of artistic creation. If you have ever wondered how it works from the other side, you've just come to the right place!


 Today, we'll introduce you to the method commonly used by sculptors and jewellers, called lost-wax casting.

But if it's so common, what makes it so special and fascinating then?
Well, it's one of the most precise methods that allows a sculptor to get the exact cast of the basic form. What's even more interesting is that it is precise enough to maintain the sculptor's fingerprints! So when you see a sculpture, look carefully, maybe you'll se the unique mark of artist on it.

You don't have to go far – you can see the pictures directly from Marian Gołogórski's workshop.

Marian Gołogórski's jewellery wax forms

Finished bronze ring

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In Marian Gologorski sculpture atelier!

It is always very interesting to have an opportunity to watch the artistic background.
Everything, that is generally unavailable for people,we make more accessible. We would like to invite you to see Marian Gologorski atelier. In the pictures, you can see sculptures and plaster casting as base for bronze sculpture from different periods of artistic creativity. You can also see some examples of unique glassware, which is absolutely unavailable on the market at present, and is a part of the history of glass design.

Have a look!