Censorship in contemporary Polish art gets write-up
PR dla Zagranicy
Aleksander Nowacki
07.04.2015 18:52
A book on censorship in Polish art since 1989 has won an award for art criticism from the country’s most prestigious gallery, Zachęta in Warsaw.
Pivotal moment in Polish art history: actor Daniel Olbrychski attacks Piotr Uklański work at Zachęta gallery, 2000. Photo: raster.art.pl
Jakub Dąbrowski will receive the Jerzy Stajuda prize for his book "Cenzura w sztuce polskiej po 1989 roku" (Censorship in Polish Art After 1989”) at a ceremony this coming Monday.
Co-written with Anna Demenko, the two-volume book takes as a pivotal event in Polish post-Communist art history the destruction of Piotr Uklański’s photo collage “Naziści” (Nazis) in 2000. The work, which showed stills from Polish films with actors dressed in Nazi uniforms, was attacked with a sword by Daniel Olbrychski, one of the thespians featured.
Other incidents discussed include repeated burning down of Julita Wójcik’s “Tęcza” (Rainbow) installation in Warsaw and other cases of mostly religiously motivated protests against works of art. (an)
Source: PAP