Edward Krasiński’s “Overhead Sculptures”: A Manifestation of Modernity

Błotnicka-Mazur, Elżbieta

Edward Krasiński’s “Overhead Sculptures”: A Manifestation of Modernity

dc.contributor.author	Błotnicka-Mazur, Elżbieta
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-17T14:12:40Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-17T14:12:40Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-13
dc.description.abstract	Edward Krasiński (1925-2004), sculptor and painter, one of most important protagonists of the Polish art of the 1960s and 1970s, is mainly remembered for his artistic interventions with the use of the Scotch-Blue tape. However, the author of the article focuses on the group of sculptures Dzidy [The Spears] from the mid-1960s. Julian Przyboś (1901-1970), a Polish poet and art critic, called these linear compositions ‘overhead sculptures’, because they were presented in an open space. The purpose of the article is to propose a new way of comprehending the above-mentioned compositions based on the press commentaries of Przyboś. The most crucial aspects to be taken into account are: their dynamism, shape, colour, interaction with the surrounding space, link with the ‘Theory of Place’ which defines the relationship between an artwork, the space it occupies and the viewer, as well as the artist’s interest in the achievements of science and technology.
dc.description.sponsorship	Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
dc.identifier.citation	„Modernism/Modernity”, 2022, Vol. 29, No. 3, September, pp. 653-671
dc.identifier.doi	10.1353/mod.2022.0025
dc.identifier.issn	1071-6068
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/8020
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.title	Edward Krasiński’s “Overhead Sculptures”: A Manifestation of Modernity
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article