When passengers of the Gdańsk railway look out the window, they will see Putin, Hitler and Stalin together

On Thursday, February 24, at 3 a.m. Polish time, Russian troops attacked Ukraine. The soldiers struck both from the ground and from the air. The Ukrainian army is resisting tough, but the situation is changing minute by minute.

The mural was created in cooperation with the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway. It is a joint initiative of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Self-government and the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. The author is Piotr Jaworski – a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, who has been creating graffiti in the Tri-City since 1995 as a member of the Double S Crew.

Gdansk. Hitler, Putin and Stalin in one mural

Jaworski has been active in the Tri-City for nearly 20 years, and is particularly associated with the Wrzeszcz district. His style is already very well recognized by the inhabitants of the city. Most often, she creates large paintings with photorealistic portraits. As he emphasizes, his “first projects function in school textbooks, illustrating street art as a field of art”. He worked on the new mural for two days.

In an interview with Tuse, he told more about his new project:

They are covered up as criminals. My message was to prevent Putin from becoming another such gentleman. You can start to compare it like that. He begins to do things that stem only from imperialist impulses, out of nothing else. This war is not for economic reasons. It’s about some of his private history –

In the video below you can see how the mural was created:

In turn, the spokesman of PKM, Tomasz Konopacki, indicates in an interview why the work was in this place:

We chose this area because it is a place of numerous walks. Next to the Jasień stop, on the side of the Tricity Landscape Park, there is a road used by cyclists and residents of nearby estates. The works can therefore be viewed not only from the windows of the train.

Let us add that the Tuse mural is part of a larger project “Solidarnia with Ukraine”, which is currently piloting the Academy of Fine Arts in terms of art. The next works will appear on the same wall, which is three meters high and stretches for 300 meters – so there will be plenty of space. Designs for the next paintings are already being prepared by students of the Academy of Fine Arts, supervised by Professor Jacek Zdybel, who runs the Wall Painting and Stained Glass Studio. Konopacki emphasizes:

We have a chance to create a huge, anti-war gallery in public space, which will become an artistic manifesto of opposition to any aggression. (…)

We talked to students about ideas and we were very encouraged by their imagination, ingenuity and how they symbolically plan to present the emotions that torment them during these tragic events. There will be works showing the tragedy of war, but also hope for what may await us after the end of the war.

All interested artists are invited to participate in the action – the organizers emphasize that they are open to new ideas that will allow artistic manifestation of solidarity with the Ukraine attacked by the Russian army.

Murals expressing support for Ukraine had already been created in Gdańsk. Another well-known street artist from the Tri-City, Mariusz Waras, painted an appeal to the world in English on one of the walls of the Gdańsk Shipyard: “Support Ukraine in social media. Double-check before you pass it on. Publish only important information, do not use location tags, help directly “.

Recently, on the wall of a tenement house on the so-called islet in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, there was also a large blue mural with a yellow heart and the words “Ukraine is fighting” in Ukrainian. In Poznań, on the other hand, a mural with Vladimir Putin as Voldemort first appeared on Hetmańska Street, which, after being painted over, replaced the image of Volodymyr Zelensky as Harry Potter.

The Russian war against Ukraine continues. There is information about houses destroyed, wounded and killed. Needs are increasing hour by hour. That is why Gazeta.pl joins forces with M. to support humanitarian aid for Ukrainians and Ukrainians. Anyone can join the fundraiser by paying via Facebook or pcpm.org.pl/ukraina. More information in the article: