Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London).
The aim of the article is to draw attention to the aesthetic and ethical aspects of responsibility for creating mural galleries. The three examples – Monumental Art Collection in Gdańsk/Zaspa, Urban Forms Gallery in Łódź, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery in London – have common original aims, directly relat...
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doaj-3da6c2bd24ad45989427c17cc97792e52021-07-23T13:06:34ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaOn the W@terfront1139-73652019-07-0161610.1344/waterfront2019.61.6.724088Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London).Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk The aim of the article is to draw attention to the aesthetic and ethical aspects of responsibility for creating mural galleries. The three examples – Monumental Art Collection in Gdańsk/Zaspa, Urban Forms Gallery in Łódź, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery in London – have common original aims, directly related to the current problems of districts or cities in which they were created. The analysis of these collections should help us answer the following questions: 1. What happened and when to make such a visually intense and massive interference in a public space as mural galleries possible at all? 2. Are collections of murals actually galleries or is the term “gallery″ just a conceptual metaphor that facilitates actions taken in a public space? 3. What values – aesthetic, ethical, and correlated with them social, artistic, urban, cognitive, and educational values – can be associated with the phenomenon of murals? 4. Should we protect and restore murals or leave them to the “natural urban element”? http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/waterfront/article/view/28943AestheticsethicsmuralsgalleryGdańskLodz |
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Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London). On the W@terfront Aesthetics ethics murals gallery Gdańsk Lodz |
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Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London). |
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Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London). |
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Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London). |
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Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London). |
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Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Responsibility for Mural Galleries (Comparative Analysis of Collections in Zaspa/Gdańsk, Łódź and Dulwich/London). |
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aesthetic and ethical aspects of responsibility for mural galleries (comparative analysis of collections in zaspa/gdańsk, łódź and dulwich/london). |
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Universitat de Barcelona |
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On the W@terfront |
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1139-7365 |
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2019-07-01 |
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The aim of the article is to draw attention to the aesthetic and ethical aspects of responsibility for creating mural galleries. The three examples – Monumental Art Collection in Gdańsk/Zaspa, Urban Forms Gallery in Łódź, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery in London – have common original aims, directly related to the current problems of districts or cities in which they were created. The analysis of these collections should help us answer the following questions:
1. What happened and when to make such a visually intense and massive interference in a public space as mural galleries possible at all?
2. Are collections of murals actually galleries or is the term “gallery″ just a conceptual metaphor that facilitates actions taken in a public space?
3. What values – aesthetic, ethical, and correlated with them social, artistic, urban, cognitive, and educational values – can be associated with the phenomenon of murals?
4. Should we protect and restore murals or leave them to the “natural urban element”?
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Aesthetics ethics murals gallery Gdańsk Lodz |
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