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Twórczość Aliny Szapocznikow w świetle hermeneutyki egzystencjalnej (na wybranych przykładach)

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Skierski M.

Artium Quaestiones

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2016

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issue 27

93-128

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The essay is a response to a biographical dominant of the critical discourse on the works of Alina Szapocznikow. It seems to miss an aspect of her sculpture which isthe most important from the point of view of art history – that of the impact of thespecific works on the spectator. Such an objective of art history has been formulated by Michael Brötje, the founder of the existential-hermeneutic study of art. That radical theory, based on the dismissal of the discourses which are external to the artistic object, instead turning the critic’s attention to the medium as the meaningful foundation of the work, is adequate to a perspective adopted in the present essay. It has been modified to fit sculpture since Brötje himself applied it mainly to painting. The essay includes analyses of her three works: “Stopy (Fetysz V),” “Maria Magdalena,” and “Dwuczęściowa.” In each case, the existential-hermeneutic method has been applied; focusing mainly on the impact of the medium, as well as the term “creation-analogy” has been used, also originally introduced by Brötje. That term makes it possible to express nonreflective qualities which constitute the meanings of the works in question. The descriptions present evidence that such qualities are inseparably connected to the substance of sculpture and stem from its structural order. The analysis of “Stopy (Fetysz V)” introduces the term “creation-analogy,” demonstrating that a description which reveals the artifact’s impact does not have tobe related to meanings implemented by external discourses. Autonomous reflectionon the work’s medium points at a visual analogy to the key stages of the history of salvation described in the Bible. A biblical parable, so distant from the usual contexts which have determined the perception of the work, coherently grasps each of the sculpture’s elements. Another analysis proves that the content can be intentionally grafted on the medium. In “Maria Magdalena,” Szapocznikow presented in a concise way the life of the title figure, including the stages of her advancement to sainthood shown in the Scripture. That allowed the critic to show a possible connection of the artist’s intention with a visual analogue. The description offered stresses also the formal complexity of the sculpture, which makes it difficult to follow the perceptual logic of the work. That contributes to a network of meanings, graspable only through non-rational contemplation. The last analysis demonstrates that Szapocznikow’s works can also generate parables which are not related to religion. “Dwuczęściowa” turns out to express the artist’s opinion on the influence of technology on human life. Still, the sculpture reveals also meanings far from those opinions, activating the archetype of “Mother-Earth.” That analogy, unrelated to biblical topics, is quite general, yet intelligible to all spectators who enjoy contemplation. The conclusion is that the results presented must be systematized to become a starting point for a future theory of systematic analysis of sculpture in terms of existential-hermeneutic study of art.

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TRAVIS DURDEN, MYTHS AND IDOLS. GWIEZDNE WOJNY W ARTYSTYCZNYM ENTOURAGE’U

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BALBUZA K.

Historia@Teoria

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2018

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vol. 1

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issue 7

19-35

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The project Myths and Idols, by the French photographer Travis Durden, came into being in 2015 by means of digital technology. The artist processed photos of nine selected modern sculptures, mostly related to ancient matters, in order to provide them with the attributes or heads belonging to the heroes of the famous Star Wars saga. The sculptures chosen by Durden for his project had been created by European artists (French sculptors and one Italian master) and they are exclusively of an early modern provenance (arising from the Renaissance, Classicism, and Neoclassicism). Not a single work of ancient art is included. However, the classical (ancient) art itself became an object of the Parisian sculptor’s interest in terms of taking early modern art into account as the artists of the latter patterned themselves on ancient samples and picked up ancient subject matters. Likewise, Star Wars in turn constitutes a product of the American pop- culture frequently referring to motifs which had originated in ancient culture. The article discusses all nine photo collages and the whole project is being interpreted. Myths and Idols offers an example of the double reception of ancient culture – the early modern and contemporary ones.

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Elie Nadelman. Kilka uwag i dopowiedzeń

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Wierzbicka A.

Biuletyn Historii Sztuki

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2023

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vol. 85

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issue 1

145-184

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The article concerns the exhibitions and reception of the works of the Polish-Jewish sculptor Elie Nadelman, recognised especially in the United States of America, where he lived from 1914, and in Western Europe, above all in France, where he stayed in the years 1904–1914. The point of departure for the author’s analysis is the exhibition Elie Nadelman – polski prekursor Art Déco [Elie Nadelman – the Polish Precursor of Art Déco] in the Wejman Gallery in Warsaw (2022). The Warsaw exhibition brought to attention not only the sculptor himself, but also the promoter of his work, the art critic and art dealer Adolf Basler, born in Tarnów and active in France, who played a crucial role in acquainting the Polish, French and German public with Nadelman’s art. Nadelman’s oeuvre was commented upon by other contemporary journalists as well, whose texts are also discussed in the article.

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Artykuł dotyczy wystaw i recepcji twórczości polsko-żydowskiego rzeźbiarza Eliego Nadelmana, dobrze znanego przede wszystkim w Stanach Zjednoczonych, gdzie mieszkał od 1914 r. oraz w Europie Zachodniej, a zwłaszcza we Francji, gdzie przebywał w latach 1904–1914. Punktem wyjścia rozważań autorki stanowi wystawa Elie Nadelman – polski prekursor Art Déco w warszawskiej Wejman Gallery (2022). Ekspozycja przypomniała nie tylko postać rzeźbiarza, ale także promotora jego twórczości działającego we Francji, a pochodzącego z Tarnowa krytyka sztuki oraz marszanda Adolfa Baslera, który odegrał niezwykle ważną rolę w zaznajomieniu publiczności polskiej, francuskiej i niemieckiej ze sztuką Nadelmana. Na temat sztuki Eliego Nadelmana wypowiadali się też inni współcześni mu krytycy, których teksty zostały również omówione.

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Twórczość Aliny Szapocznikow w świetle hermeneutyki egzystencjalnej (na wybranych przykładach)

TRAVIS DURDEN, MYTHS AND IDOLS. GWIEZDNE WOJNY W ARTYSTYCZNYM ENTOURAGE’U

Elie Nadelman. Kilka uwag i dopowiedzeń