00:00The work of Polish artist Igor Mitoraj has fascinated both critics and audiences around the world for decades.
00:05His monumental sculptures, often depicting fragmented bodies and faces,
00:10evoke ancient traditions, but at the same time reference concerns still found in the contemporary world.
00:15One of his works just reached a record-breaking price at auction.
00:18I think it will be a breakthrough, a reason for that we will know and return Mitoraja to Poland.
00:27Bringing Tindaro from Paris to Warsaw is more than a commercial transaction.
00:32It's a cultural event that allows the public to interact with the sculpture on a daily basis and a symbolic return for the artist.
00:38Igor Mitoraj was an antique artist, a beautiful artist.
00:41He was, above all, the largest Polish painter, who created mainly abroad, but the connections with Poland were visible.
00:50He was a person who returned to Polish culture, to this ancient culture.
00:55Born in Germany, he spent his childhood in Poland, near the Auschwitz concentration camp.
00:59Oświęcim miał duży wpływ na jego twórczość, zresztą o tym też mówił w wywiadach, więc myślę, że tam wszystko się splotło w jedno.
01:06To jest jednak przykład artysty, u którego to życie i twórczość są tak bardzo nierozerwalnie powiązane.
01:11Contemporary artists and critics describe his work as monumental and intimate at the same time.
01:16Monumental, because they often dominate urban space.
01:19Intimate, because each of these forms hides silence, reflection and melancholy.
01:23Something that brings them closer to religious or philosophical contemplation.
01:26I think Igor Mitorej stworzył sobie taki wszechświat ze swoich rzeźb.
01:32Te rzeźby korrespondują ze sobą.
01:34Bardzo często w dużych rzeźbach widać fragmenty mniejszych.
01:38On to mówił też wywiadach, że sztuka ma pobudzać przede wszystkim wyobraźnię.
01:44His art has become a metaphor for life, on the one hand monumental, on the other revealing the fragility of human fate.
01:51According to the Pole Swiss Art Auction House, Tyndaro, which stood at Three Crosses Square in early September, will remain in Warsaw.
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