St. John's Abby Church, Collegeville, Minn. 1961
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The North Wall of the of the St. John's Abbey and University Church, a facade of 430 hexagons 60 ft. high by 168 feet wide, is the frame for a single work of art.Designed and executed by the artist, with the support of a group of monks and students trained by the Artist. Completed in 1961, it remains one of the largest and certainly most complex work of art of it's type.
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St. John's Prep School Collegeville, Minn, 1962
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Completed in 1962, the panels that make up the walls of the St. John's Prep School dormitory depict scenes of campus and monastic life. Commissioned by the Architect, the layout was drafted by Hedi Bak based on Bronislaw's designs that evoke his woodcuts. These cast relief walls represented a bold approach to relief sculpture.
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St. Augustine, St. Cloud, Minn. 1962
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A small gem-like window designed and built shortly after the completion of the St John's window is an experiment in the application of glass on leaded glass using epoxy glue. Designed to suggest rain drops this window provided light to the baptismal fount originally, and was one of my father's favorite works.
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St. Anastasia Color Design Ill, 1963 Waukegan,
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There were two buildings constructed that were designed with slab glass inserts. St. Anastasia in Waukegan Illinois, and the Episcopal Cathedral in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The colors were selected by Bronislaw Bak and installed permanently in the brick during construction.
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St. James Church Mosaic, Jacobs Prairie, Minn, 1963
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Completed in 1963, the Mosiac was sketched and laid out on a 3/4 plywood board. The figure was drawn directly on the board, and the colors selected from the venetian tiles available. A small amount of two part epoxy would be mixed and the stones installed as quickly as possible before the fast setting glue would dry.
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St. Anastasia Mosaics Waukegan Ill, 1963
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2 four by eight foot mosiacs were commissioned for St. Anastasia in 1963. The mosiacs were designed to suggest Byzantinic icons. The stylized halos and use of the venetian tessera suggested Roman mosaic styles of the early Roman Catholic Church.
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Temple Emanual Chicago, Ill. 1968
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Temple Emanual, located on Chicago's northside, faces Lake Michigan to the East. The 12 x 40 ft. Window is situated above the front of the congregation, with the eastern light filtered by an immense explosion of color. This window was designed by a survivor of a concentration camp, was dedicated to the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust.
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Fire Station Wall, Chicago, Ill. 1968
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The fire station wall on Chicago's north side, still stands near the corner of Lehigh and Devine. This free standing concrete sculpture was commissioned in 1967, by the City of Chicago. It was meant to honor firefighters and depicts images of those who put their lives on the line to protect the city and its buildings.
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Pfalz Theater Lobby, Kaiserslautern, Germany 1970
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The Pfalz Opera Theater Lobby was an opportunity for Bronislaw to attempt a hand molding of concrete on a large scale. Similar to a free form ceramic, a frame of expansion wire was nailed into the joists and the concrete wet to the right consistancy was pressed into place. Using a pallet of different shades of the mix, he created an abstract impression of the forest that surrounds Kaiserslautern.
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