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Polish masterpieces fare poorly on Warsaw backstreets

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Nick Hodge 18.03.2015 09:43
A bid to inject high culture into some of Warsaw's more down-at-heel backstreets has had mixed results, with prints of oil paintings from the National Museum apparently vandalised by locals.
A detail from Jacek Malczewski's 'Polish Hamlet' in Warsaw's Praga district. Photo: PAP/Paweł SupernakA detail from Jacek Malczewski's 'Polish Hamlet' in Warsaw's Praga district. Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

French artist Julien de Casabianca specialises in attempting to rejuvenate deprived districts of large cities.

Photo:
Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

On 14 March, he set up a series of photographic prints on streets in Warsaw's Praga district.

The prints included details from paintings by such masters as Jacek Malczewski, Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa and Aleksander Gierymski.

Nevertheless, local portal wawalove.pl noted that within two days, most of the paintings had been vandalised.

In spite of the damage, the paintings still make a strong impression.

De Casabianca has taken part in similar projects in New York, Barcelona and Paris.

Click here to see how the pictures looked prior to being damaged. (nh)

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