tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post350868797531010429..comments2024-01-25T14:28:19.368-05:00Comments on Smaller Manhattans: Transition & Ascensionkkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-4603180156393156792010-05-19T22:08:30.140-04:002010-05-19T22:08:30.140-04:00Just finished watching Katyn last night and am per...Just finished watching Katyn last night and am percolating on a Poland post which would include Polish threads I've been pulling together for 25 years or so. The Gracz Christs have really got me thinking.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-44357194493090258402010-05-19T20:54:32.489-04:002010-05-19T20:54:32.489-04:00Glad they touched you, too. A friend of mine is f...Glad they touched you, too. A friend of mine is from Poland. One day after mass she showed me a book with these marvelous paintings. He is the most popular post-war artist in his homeland, but not internationally known, I guess.<br />I,too,am out of my cultural depth but the poignancy of these images still speak volumes. Jerzy Duda Gracz captures the needy side of humanity. We are all need and he expresses it with a vulgarity that is in the end beautiful, as if our need for a Saviour draws Him down and we kill Him. No one is spared in them it seems to me. Anyway, <br />I searched the web for the artist and finally found them.Joannhttp://into stillness.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-66512118010001250912010-05-16T19:37:03.761-04:002010-05-16T19:37:03.761-04:00Wow, thanks for this link, I checked out the Doubt...Wow, thanks for this link, I checked out the Doubting Thomas and scrolled thru all the Stations of the Cross paintings at the site.<br /><br />Jerzy Duda Gracz...don't know him, but his stuff is very interesting...I can recognize lots of Polish & Catholic cultural/ religious/ political imagery, but am not up on what they must mean to a Polish viewer in these particular cases.<br /><br />Haven't found more than basic data about him in English. How'd you find out about him?kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-21038213925444626412010-05-16T17:54:43.179-04:002010-05-16T17:54:43.179-04:00You might relate to this artist's Doubting Tho...You might relate to this artist's Doubting Thomas:<br />http://picasaweb.google.ru/artgame4you/JerzyDudaGraczGolgootaJasnogorska#5225793757600085986Joannhttp://into stillness.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-33433363485621324492010-05-16T12:25:35.081-04:002010-05-16T12:25:35.081-04:00Delightful. I'm sure you get the kids' fu...Delightful. I'm sure you get the kids' full attention. The art is attractive, too. Thanks for your insights into the Gospel.Barb Schoenebergerhttp://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/blognoreply@blogger.com