Mural - SEPE x CHAZME, (Poland), 2011

At Próchnika 9 in Łódź there was a mural known in catalogues as "Detronisation", created in August 2011 by SEPE and CHAZME as part of Urban Forms Gallery. According to the official catalogue of the Urban Forms Foundation, the organisation managing the project, the work was painted over with solid yellow paint in February 2024 and is no longer visible.

What the mural depicted

"Detronisation" showed figures sliding off a large chessboard, which the artists described as a metaphor for the rat race and an unfair game for social position. The mural was created using spray paint technique on concrete, on the facade of a building on Próchnika Street. The composition brought together two styles in one work: SEPE was responsible for human figures in urban situations, and CHAZME for the geometric, architectural background.

Artists

SEPE, properly Michał Wręga, was born in 1982 in Warsaw and is a graduate of graphic art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. In his work he combines graphic art, illustration and figurative painting, working with spray paint, acrylic, ink, bituminous paste, pencil and marker. CHAZME, Daniel Kaliński, was born in 1980 in Laufen, Switzerland, and studied architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, completing his studies in 2008. In his work he designs geometric architectural landscapes. In 2011, the same year "Detronisation" was created, CHAZME received the ARTAQ Urban Art Award.

Urban Forms Gallery project

The mural was created as part of Urban Forms Gallery, a Łódź programme of large-scale murals on building facades, run by the Urban Forms Foundation. For over a decade, the programme has been changing the appearance of Łódź's walls, inviting Polish and foreign artists to work on buildings in different parts of the city.

Practical information

• Address: Próchnika Street 9, Łódź.
• The mural is no longer visible: in February 2024 it was painted over with solid yellow paint, as confirmed by the official Urban Forms Foundation catalogue.
• The location remains publicly accessible as part of the urban fabric, with no markers indicating the former mural.
• This entry has historical value: it documents one of the works created as part of Urban Forms Gallery in 2011.