http://hdl.handle.net/11716/12126 2026-04-30T02:45:28Z 2026-04-30T02:45:28Z Wasilewska, Diana http://hdl.handle.net/11716/12140 2023-06-13T11:57:45Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miłośnicy kontra krytycy i artyści, czyli spory wokół Zachęty w międzywojennej Polsce Wasilewska, Diana The Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts was founded in 1860 in order to promote and support young Polish artists and popularize art as an important element of socio-cultural life at a time when Poland did not exist as an independent state. In 1900 was established the Zachęta Art Gallery, where, from 1911 to 1939 the board of the Society organized annual Salons – overviews of present art, selected and organized by members of the Society: artists and so-called art lovers. Although the political and artistic reality have been changed, the specific character of this institution was still the same. As a result, in the interwar period Zachęta was deemed to the synonym of obscurantism, fundamental ignorance, megalomania, cheap patriotism and narrow views. It was the reason why many artists, who had not accepted the situation, boycotted the gallery. On the other hand, the artist who exhibited at Zachęta became the object of ruthless attacks and sharp criticism – not only from the ex-Formists or Constructivists, but also from critics and artists who were unsympathetic or even hostile towards the avant-garde. Surprisingly, the battle against Zachęta was the factor that united most critics from both side of artistic barricade.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Sikora, Piotr http://hdl.handle.net/11716/12139 2023-06-13T11:49:19Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Władza sądzenia – władza spojrzenia. Rola kuratora i krytyka a ocena fotografii Sikora, Piotr The article is focused on the model of photography competitions and it’s influence on the traditional distinction between the role of an art critic and curator. Analyzing contemporary photography in the field of arts I recall quotation from Mieczysław Porębski claiming that the ultimate function of an art critic is “to make art visible” to the wider audience. I make an attempt to apply this specific function into a certain model of art distribution known as photography competitions where jury board use tools taken from art critique and criticality.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Oczkowska, Katarzyna http://hdl.handle.net/11716/12138 2023-06-13T11:41:09Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trupia perwersyjność albo Akademia wszelkiej sciencyi pełna Oczkowska, Katarzyna The article concerns a series of photographies It is hard to slay the dragon, but you must try (2016) by Irena Kalicka. Photos are based on The New Athens by a Polish Jesuitical priest Benedict Chmielowski. His work is defined to be the first Polish encyclopedia of the 18th century. Some excerpts from the Sarmatian compendium of the knowledge of that time are analyzed in the context of an essay by Maurice Blanchot The corpse similarity. In examining the timeliness of phantasms presented in New Athens, Kalicka deposited them in the contemporary sociopolitical of context, pointing to the tendency of the culture to mediations and various types of artificial constructs. In this way, the cycle becomes the manifestation of view, based on the oversight and aesthetization.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Wincenciak, Katarzyna http://hdl.handle.net/11716/12137 2023-06-13T11:33:05Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pomiędzy sztuką ludową, propagandą a surrealizmem Jak widział przestrzeń publiczną Władysław Hasior Wincenciak, Katarzyna The article brings a closer look at examples of Władyslaw Hasior photo-documentary practice of objects in public spaces during communist period in Poland. The text concentrates on the sociological context, which was a kind of exodus that took place in the first after World War II years, when citizens lived in the rural area moved to the cities. This mixing the social strata caused the damage to traditional folks art but also brought what might be called a “new folklore”. Although this area, was beyond interest of researchers and designers. We get a closer look to some set of slides Hasior made and analyze purpose of the objects that he pictured.

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