The artwork, titled “My Mokotowska,” was created by the artist Jacek Yerka in 2007 in Poland. It belongs to the Surrealism art movement and falls under the genre of cityscape.
In this surreal cityscape, the artwork features a narrow, curving street flanked by tall, somber grey buildings. Amidst these conventional edifices stands a strikingly colorful, multi-layered house pieced together with variously colored planks, almost as if it were a whimsical patchwork or a casual assemblage taken from a child’s imagination. The vivid and chaotic nature of this unique structure provides a stark contrast to its orderly and monotonous surroundings. In the background, a solitary red tram adds a subtle touch of normalcy, tethering this otherwise dreamlike scene into a semblance of reality. The overall impression evokes a surreal blend of the ordinary and the fantastical, encapsulating the playful yet thought-provoking essence of surrealist art.
