Sited on the façade of the Secondary Medical School, the work corresponds to its period of creation, when art in public spaces was defined by the formal and thematic requirements of 1950s socialist realism. The artists constrained the scenes strictly figuratively to official themes of a happy present and future in the socialist system. Formally, they steadily moved away from the conservative realist form in favour of a cautious stylisation, but the themes remained ideologically attuned. Dezider Castiglione used geometric forms within his monumental works, thereby gradually geometrising his figures. The monumental ceramic mosaic depicts a covertly ideological moment, a happy scene with children and the sun. The theme is linked to the function of the school building. 

It manifests the author's use of a given material to emphasise the artistic qualities of a depiction, here employing flatness, geometric stylisation, and the impact of monumental scale upon the viewer. However, the scene feels stiff, unnatural, and remains a testament to the ideological pressure and conservatism of forms of the period. 

SJ 

Research status as of 30. 11. 2022.