Hoża in color: At home in the avant-garde
Hoża in color: At home in the avant-garde
Author(s): Agnieszka KarpowiczContributor(s): Małgorzata Olsza (Translator)
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Polish Literature, Rural and urban sociology, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Paweł Kłudkiewicz; Hoża. My Street; Europe; constructivism; logovisuality; city; red; interwar period;
Summary/Abstract: The present article examines the avant-garde inspirations behind Paweł Kłudkiewicz’s book Hoża. Moja ulica / My Street (2022). Particular attention is paid to the role of logovisuality in the urban context as well as to the function of the colors black, red, and white which refer to the constructivist and socially engaged projects of the first avant-garde. Direct references to Anatol Stern, Mieczysław Szczuka and Teresa Żarnower’s Europa: A Poem and references to the aesthetics of the art duo Twożywo, drawing directly from constructivist art, are also discussed. The article argues that such aesthetics conveys a social and political message in Kłudkiewicz’s book (as regards social inequalities, distortions of capitalism, and modern urbanism in contemporary and interwar Warsaw).
Journal: Forum Poetyki
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 36
- Page Range: 68-83
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
