swiggsy
2 Jun 2008
Life / Socialist Realism in Poland [4]
thank you barry, i think we worked that out last night when we were doing those mushrooms.
thank you barry, i think we worked that out last night when we were doing those mushrooms.
swiggsy
31 May 2008
Life / Socialist Realism in Poland [4]
hi, big big fan of this fab style, and am looking for more examples of it. I'm not talking Nowa Huta, or Warsaw MDM, PKiN etc, but stuff that's further afield. I've heard for example there's a museum of Soc Realist sculpture in Luberto, and some sort of Palace of Culture in Dabrowo Gornicza (apologies for spelling). Does anyone have any info on these, and are there any other destinations I could track down. I'm looking for the stuff that isn't in the guidebooks, rather a slice of forgotten Poland. Any help, tips or insights would be greatly appreciated. I can't beleive that the soc-realist style was limited to Warsaw and Nowa HUta, but that's the impression I'm getting from my dogged detective work. cheers in advance.
hi, big big fan of this fab style, and am looking for more examples of it. I'm not talking Nowa Huta, or Warsaw MDM, PKiN etc, but stuff that's further afield. I've heard for example there's a museum of Soc Realist sculpture in Luberto, and some sort of Palace of Culture in Dabrowo Gornicza (apologies for spelling). Does anyone have any info on these, and are there any other destinations I could track down. I'm looking for the stuff that isn't in the guidebooks, rather a slice of forgotten Poland. Any help, tips or insights would be greatly appreciated. I can't beleive that the soc-realist style was limited to Warsaw and Nowa HUta, but that's the impression I'm getting from my dogged detective work. cheers in advance.
swiggsy
30 May 2008
History / WARSAW 1939. BETWEEN THE WARS [14]
not exactly an answer to your question, but something that might interest you if you're aware of it already - cafe prozna (on ul. Prozna of course) has loads of really great books dating from pre-WWII about Warsaw. some, amazingly, are in English. secondly, when I was there on a sunday evening, there was a lecture/slide show being held on pre-war Warsaw.... unfortunately in Polish, but still damn good. not sure if this is a regualr thing or not mind.
not exactly an answer to your question, but something that might interest you if you're aware of it already - cafe prozna (on ul. Prozna of course) has loads of really great books dating from pre-WWII about Warsaw. some, amazingly, are in English. secondly, when I was there on a sunday evening, there was a lecture/slide show being held on pre-war Warsaw.... unfortunately in Polish, but still damn good. not sure if this is a regualr thing or not mind.