Polscy i iraccy artyści w Bagdadzie, czyli peryferyjne kapitały kulturowe i negocjowanie modernizmu
Polish and Iraqi artists in Baghdad, or peripheral cultural capitals and the negotiation of modernism

Summary/Abstract: In 1943, in Baghdad, refugee artists from Anders' Army (including Józef Czapski) collaborated with pioneers of Iraqi modernism (including Javad Salim). The Iraqis supported the Poles, for example by lending their studios, and the painters also presented their works togetherexhibitions. The friendship between members of peripheral elites from different cultures enabled them to define themselves and resist the colonial domination of the English and to take a new look at local (Mesopotamian and Arab) art traditions. This influenced the development of Iraqi modern art and the establishment of the Baghdad Group for Modern Art, creatively arguing with Western patterns and combining them with the traditions of the Middle East. By juxtaposing Polish and Arab sources, the author shows the Polish-Iraqi artistic relationship in the light of postcolonial theories, center-periphery relations and Pierre Bourdieu's types of cultural capital.

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