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Zaspa murals – 20 years in the making

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There is a housing development in the Zaspa area of Gdansk, built on what was once an airfield. There are many lowrise and midrise apartment blocks surrounded by green space. Starting back in the 1990’s, the large end walls of some of these apartment buildings have become canvases for street artists. Each year a few more were added.

path across a vacant lot towards a church and some apartment buildings. Two of the apartments have large murals on the sides of the building

below: Clemens Behr 2012

large mural, abstract shapes in shades of brown by Clemens Behr

below: “The Last Judgment Alive in Pixels” by Piotr Szwabe, 2017. This mural is inspired by the altar of the Last Judgment by Hans Memling from 1472.

landscape scene with people, large mural, but painting as if it were a pixelated picture

below: From 2014, Eternia by Gaulicho.  It shows “shows a world within a world, a micro and a macrocosm, the eternal cycle of day and night, birth and death, rise and fall.”

large mural on the side of an apartment block

below: Chopin w Blokowisku (or, Chopin at Housing Estate), inspired by an unfinished portrait of Frederick Chopin and George Sands. Mural by Piotr Szwabe.

piano theme mural, with a couple sitting by a piano, river of white and black keys coming from piano

below: Painting by Pawel Paulus Mazur – balancing act, trying to make ends meet.  2014

exterior mural of a man balancing on one foot on a coin on edge

below: Magenta horse with clownish rider in a painting by Lucas Parbo, 2012. Another mural with money in it – “An apathetic rider with a standard displaying indifference and protected by a dubious shield with the figure of a modern-day European currency.”

mural of a blue knight with armor and shield on a red horse. Horse is standing on two hind legs. Shield has a euro symbol on it

below: New Idol is Coming, by Tomasz Bielak, 2010

mural of a baby bundled up in the middle of a red starburst explosion. New idol

below: The words are a line from the poem “Under One Small Star” by Wislawa Szymborska “Truth, please don’t pay me much attention./ Dignity, please be magnanimous.”, Painted by Opiemme in 2014

mural by opiemme on the end of an apartment block in Gdansk

below: Ancient ruins in a modernist space; a mural by Pawel Karczewski with help from painters “Bąkowski and Roman”. 1997

with some large trees nearby, a large mural of the ruins of the Roman coliseum in Rome, or any other roman coliseum for that matter

below: Rafat Roskowinski’s portrait of Pope John Paul II (Jan Pawel II) and Lech Walesa, 1999.

below: Also by Rafat Roskowinski (1997) snakes, snails, and some toucans for a big splash of colour.

below: Ozmo, 2009, RnR refers to Rock ‘n Roll as this mural was painted on the 50th anniversary of the first Rock ‘n Roll concert in Poland, held at the club Rudy Kot (Ginger Cat) in Gdansk.

below: A mural by Swedish artist Ekta showing Narcissus cutting off a piece of his own flesh so that he can taste himself. 2011

large vertical mural, large black stylized hand picking something red

There are many more murals that I haven’t yet added to this blog. Soon, I hope to catch up soon.

More information can be found at Murale Gdansk Zaspa, Kolekcja Malarstwa Monumentalnego

Photos taken in 2022