Civis opoliensis – profesor Marian Molenda
Civis opoliensis – Professor Marian Molenda

Summary/Abstract: The end of 2020 marked the publication of Marian Molenda. Powroty do źródeł, a monograph study dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the oeuvre of this outstanding sculptor from the Opole region. In this meticulously prepared study, with an interesting graphic layout and composed of a total of about twenty chapters written by assorted authors, we learn that, i.a. Marian Molenda is connected with two towns. He resides in Nysa, where he has his atelier, and pursues scientific-didactic activity at University of Opole as professor and head of the Sculpture Atelier and Chair of Fine Arts. The presented texts dealing with the Professor’s scientific path from teaching art in Nałęczów to receiving the title of professor predominantly discuss his diverse artistic oeuvre: drawing, bas-relief, and sculpture. The authors are art experts, University colleagues, and friends. Furthermore, the mayors of Nysa and Opole express their gratitude for assorted sculptures. Finally, in a brief text Prof. Molenda explains the immense importance of incessant returns to sources for his creative undertakings. In the second part of the book, brilliantly executed and ingeniously arranged photographs allow us to examine selected works by Marian Molenda originating from his Nysa atelier. Here bronze portraits on view in a number of Polish cities, and predominantly on University Hill in Opole, feature likenesses of such representatives of the world of culture associated with The National Festival of Polish Song Festival as Czesław Niemen, Agnieszka Osiecka or Wojciech Młynarski, or with the theatre, e.g. Jerzy Grotowski. The photographs also comprise a sophisticated presentation of sculptures in wood, gouaches, and drawings.

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