Alicja Karska and Aleksandra Went. Franciszek Duszeńko – Monuments

Catalog dedicated to the deceased, great sculptor Franciszek Duszeńko (1925 – 2008), known above all for monumental realizations. Small forms and sculptural models that he created never left his Gdansk studio. Karska and Went place these small sculptural forms and sketches in the interiors of mock-ups which are imitations of non-existent exhibition spaces. The interiors of these mock-ups were built in crates for storing / transporting sculptures. The artists transfer the sculptural forms of Duszeńko from the private space of the studio to the staged public spaces, to put both in the narratives of contemporary of history of art. The way of exposing these forms of the artist raises questions about the place of the deceased artist’s work, the role of museums and ways of maintaining memory.