"Labirynt" sculpture in Szczecin, Public sculpture in Stare Miasto, Szczecin, Poland.
The Labirynt sculpture stands at the junction of Aleja Wojska Polskiego and Plac Zwycięstwa, in front of the tenement house at Aleja Wojska Polskiego 1. It is a modernist fountain-sculpture shaped as a diagonally cut cuboid, built from glazed clinker tiles that outline a woman, a tree and a man.
The work was created in 1997 as a collaboration between a local bank and Szczecin's city government. Designer Ryszard Wilk developed this contemporary piece for the historic district.
The clinker shapes form a woman, a tree and a man, and the glazed tiles were once sprayed with water at intervals so they shimmered in rainbow colours. Residents rallied behind the work in 2017, sending a petition to the Mayor of Szczecin against the city's plan to demolish it and replace it with a lawn with benches.
The sculpture sits at a highly visible corner and is easily reached on foot from nearby streets. Visitors can view it from the surrounding sidewalks and approach it from multiple directions.
The glazed clinker shapes were originally sprayed with water at intervals, making them shimmer in rainbow colours. The nozzles clogged after less than three months because the fountain was not maintained, and the water supply was cut off.
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