Cudowna świadomość porażki. O “Wstydzie” Jerzego Beresia

• Authors: Natalia Kaliś

Title variants

EN

THE WONDERFUL AWARENESS OF DEFEAT. ON “`WSTYD” BY JERZY BEREŚ

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The point of departure of this analysis of Jerzy Beres’ Wstyd, realised in 1989 at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, is a comparison of the feeling of shame experienced by the artist in the course of the performance, and the indignity that is an important component of a masochistic spectacle. Such embarrassment is a confirmation of the unsteady position of the subject, his balancing between two simultaneous positions – that of the object and the subject. This situation in the artist’s activity is interpreted as a private ritual of experiencing freedom while being aware of its actual deprivation.

Keywords

EN

Memory of People’s Republic of Poland; Jerzy Beres

• Publisher: Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 4(291)
• Pages: 136-139

Contributors

author

Natalia Kaliś