{"id":15524,"date":"2011-11-09T14:29:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.amber.com.pl\/bursztynowe-konteksty-w-malborku\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:46:46","slug":"amber-contexts-in-malbork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/aktualnosci\/bursztynowe-konteksty-w-malborku\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eAmber Contexts\u201d in Malbork"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aim of the exhibition is to present the amber collection amassed by the Castle Museum<\/a> Since its establishment in 1961. The museum's 50th anniversary provided an impetus to view its amber collection from a new perspective. The exhibition's authors assumed that contemporary culture influences the perception of museum exhibitions, including, among other things, the way amber is presented in galleries, jewellery shops, or how this stone is used to promote the region. They therefore considered it necessary to take into account various contexts, contrasting historic works with the latest acquisitions and new technology. \u201eWe will show amber in all possible aspects that we observed while studying the collection,\u201d explained the exhibition curator Anna Sobecka. She adds: \u201eWe will try to avoid monotony by juxtaposing, for example, the aspect of place with the aspect of amber crafting techniques, allowing us to view this unique stone in an even broader context.\u201d. <\/p>\n

The core of the exhibition will be formed by the well-known Malbork amber collection, which has been displayed worldwide, famed for its unique amber masterpieces, including a casket belonging to King Stanis\u0142aw Leszczy\u0144ski and a cabinet belonging to Stanis\u0142aw August Poniatowski. Exhibits crafted by outstanding artists working in Gda\u0144sk will also be presented, including works by Michel Redlin (a casket and reliquary) and Christoph Maucher (a casket). <\/p>\n

Its complement will be works from foreign museums, including those already presented at the exhibition \u201eAmber Treasures\u201d<\/a> Jacob Dobbermann's amber goblet from The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. For the first time in Poland, in Malbork, a collection of 17 amber objects gathered since the 18th century from the former collection of the zu Dohna family from the palace in S\u0142obity will be on display. It has been loaned from the Foundation of Prussian Palaces and Gardens in Berlin. A real highlight will be the medieval candlestick of Queen Sophia with an amber figure of the Madonna, likely a gift from the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Konrad von Jungingen. \u201eThere are only two such works in the world \u2013 in museum collections in Bratislava and Hanover,\u201d explained Anna Sobecka. This one presented in Malbork was loaned from the museum in Bratislava. Some of the archaeological artefacts presented at the exhibition come from Archaeological Museum in Gda\u0144sk<\/a> The Elbl\u0105g Museum has borrowed the amber-makers' guild book from the S\u0142upsk Museum.<\/p>\n

In addition to the aspects of time, place, the origin of amber, amber craftsmanship techniques, and collection building, the aspect of contemporary use as an artistic material is strongly emphasized. This is all the more important because Poland is currently strongly associated with amber \u2013 and no wonder, our country is the largest producer of jewellery made from this stone. At the \u201eAmber Contexts\u201d exhibition, we will see works that astound with their perfect execution, modern form, and conceptual design. These are works of contemporary amber art by Paulina Binek, S\u0142awomir Fija\u0142kowski, Arek Wolski, Jaros\u0142aw Westermark, and Giedymin Jab\u0142o\u0144ski. Their works will be juxtaposed with amber achievements by foreign artists, including Manuel Vilhena and Fabrizio Tridenti.
The most interesting examples of contemporary jewellery, presented at the exhibition alongside art from past centuries, are intended to encourage reflection on the extraordinary richness of amber creations, which humankind has been producing for millennia.<\/p>\n

Amber Contexts Exhibition\u201e          
Ground floor of the east wing of the Middle Castle <\/strong>
Corner Room <\/em>so-called. <\/strong>Halberd <\/em>
<\/i>Curator <\/strong><\/b>Dr Anna Sobecka <\/strong>
Opening: 25.11.2011, 5.00 PM <\/strong>
The amber.com.pl Amber Portal is the media patron of the exhibition.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 300 amber exhibits from the Malbork Castle Museum's own amber collection, items loaned from Glasgow, Berlin, and Bratislava, among others, and works by contemporary Polish artists \u2013 all this will be on display at the exhibition \u201eAmber Contexts\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"\u201eBursztynowe konteksty\u201d w Malborku - Amber Portal","description":"Over 300 amber exhibits from the Malbork Castle Museum's own amber collection, artefacts loaned from Glasgow, Berlin, and Bratislava, among others, and"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"sekcja":[243],"class_list":["post-15524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wystawy","sekcja-design-rzemioslo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15524"},{"taxonomy":"sekcja","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sekcja?post=15524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}