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Monument to Father Jerzy Popieluszko, (sculpture). Artist:  Chotkowski, Henry, sculptor. Title:  Monument to Father Jerzy Popieluszko, (sculpture). Dates:  1989.; Dedicated June 16, 1989. Medium:  Cor-Ten steel on a fieldstone base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 20 ft. x Diam. 14 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft.x Diam. 14 ft. Inscription:  (Plaque at top of base:) Henry Chotkowski Sculptor 1989 signed Description:  An abstract image of a flame rising from a stone base. The base is a circular wall of fieldstone. Inside the base sits a pentagonal frame of Cor-Ten steel which supports the flame structure. The flame is hinted at by a series of sinuous, curving sheets of metal, connected by horizontal struts and gradually rising to a center height of twenty feet. Subject:  Homage -- Popieluszko, Jerzy Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy History -- Poland Ethnic -- Polish Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Britain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Britain, Department of Parks and Recreation, 27 West Main Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06051 Located Walnut Hill Park New Britain, Connecticut Remarks:  IAS files contain copies of New Britain Herald (New Britain, CT), August 22, 1988, April 20, 1989, and June 17, 1989, pg. 1, 11, discussing the dedication ceremony and the speakers. IAS files contain copies of Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Jan. 8, 1986, discussing the debate over whether or not to erect the monument when it was first proposed. Father Popieluszko was a priest and the spiritual leader of the Polish Solidarity movement. He was murdered in October 1984 by Polish secret police. His parishioners created a monument in his memory by piling up stones, an idea which was carried over in this piece. The steel and stone monument cost 41,400 dollars, an amount raised by over 500 individuals. Inscription on a nearby plaque reads: "ZLO DOBREM ZWYCIEZAJ"/THIS HUMAN RIGHTS MONUMENT OF COMMON FIELD STONE/AND STEEL IS BUILT IN MEMORY OF FATHER JERZY/POPIELUSZKO WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND TO THE/GOALS OF SOLIDARNOSC - HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE,/PEACE AND FREEDOM FOR POLAND AND FOR ALL MANKIND./MAY THIS ETERNAL FLAME OF LIBERTY AND THE MEMORY OF HIS COURAGE AND SACRIFICE BURN FOREVER/IN THE HEARTS OF ALL FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE./1947 * GOOD SHALL VANQUISH EVIL 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994. New Britain Herald (New Britain, CT), August 22, 1988. New Britain Herald (New Britain, CT), April 20, 1989. New Britain Herald (New Britain, CT), June 17, 1989, pg. 1, 11. Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Jan. 8, 1986. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CT000110   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000110 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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