POLISH ART OF THE 20TH AND EARLY 21ST CENTURY - WOJCIECH WŁODARCZYK

Discover a fascinating journey through Polish art of the 20th and 21st centuries with the latest volume of the acclaimed Polish Art series. Professor Wojciech Włodarczyk presents a synthetic view of this period, showing how art is an integral element in shaping contemporary Polish culture during a time of great social, political, and geographical changes. This is not just a history of art, but an attempt to understand how art influences our identity and place in the world.

• Author's interpretive framework: surprising analogies and comparisons that go beyond the canonical history of art.
• Art as an element of the panorama: reformulation of the language of description of artistic practices in the context of political and cultural phenomena.
• Condition of Polishness: highlighting the entanglements, paradoxes, and tensions that characterize the internally fractured Polish character.
• Understanding the present: rooting today's attitudes, ideologies, and formations in history.
• Hardcover edition: guarantee of durability and aesthetics.
• Richly illustrated: numerous reproductions of works of art.

Professor Wojciech Włodarczyk, an outstanding art historian, offers an original interpretive framework that goes beyond the traditional approach to art history. His analysis allows us to see inspiring analogies and comparisons that show art as an element of a broader political and cultural context. Włodarczyk does not focus only on outstanding individuals and the succession of styles, but tries to understand how art influences the shaping of Polish identity.

This publication highlights not only the history of art, but above all the entanglements, paradoxes, and tensions that characterize the condition of the internally fractured Polish character. By rooting today's attitudes, ideologies, and formations in history, it allows for a better understanding of Poland's place in the modern world. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of Polish culture and art.

The seven-volume Polish Art is a continuation of the excellent series Art of the World. It is dedicated to the history of architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing, graphics and photography, as well as other areas of artistic creation, including the design of gardens and parks, as well as artistic crafts. The individual volumes, developed under the direction of the most outstanding specialists, are a comprehensive study of the art of a given era in the former and present territories of the Republic of Poland, including the art of the Eastern Borderlands, Silesia and Western Pomerania. Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.