Utrata. Żyd w polskiej sztuce współczesnej

• Authors: Katarzyna Myśliwiec
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

A LOSS. THE JEW IN MODERN POLISH ART The essay entitled „A Loss. The Jew in Modern Polish Art” was meant to serve as a comment upon Rafał Betlejewski’s quasi-artistic media action „Tęsknię za Tobą, Żydzie”. The analysis of this social phenomenon aimed at proving, that Poles (as a nation and as a Culture) will never be able to forget the Jew living in their minds and hearts, in their memories and everyday lives. The Jew – just like any other alien – is an indispensable component of our identity. Nevertheless, time has verified the enthusiasm for Betlejewski’s project – for becoming immersed in the media glory, he seems to have forgotten about the subtle boundary-line that separates profound symbolism and meaningless shallow and illegitimate repetition. Together with the burning of the barn in Zawada, the hopes for building a new language of public debate on multiculturalism had also gone up in smoke. However, the author hopes that this does not deprive the essay of its importance and topicality.

Keywords

PL

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Zarządzanie w Kulturze
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 11

Dates

published

2010

online

2010-03-02

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Myśliwiec