Poetyka kontestacji PRL-u w obrazach grupy „Wprost” i Jurry’ego Zielińskiego
The Poetics of People’s Poland in Paintings by the “Wprost” Group and Jurry Zieliński

Summary/Abstract: Painters belonging to the Cracow-based ”Wprost” group and Jerzy Ryszard ”Jurry” Zieliński created two poetics making it possible to take a critical look at the reality of communist Poland. Paintings executed by members of the ”Wprost” group depicted the greyness, poverty and hopelessness of the surrounding world but left a residue of hope, usually rather “insubstantial”. Metonymic daily life merged with moral and religious metaphors. The canvases painted by Jurry were of a sheer dialectical nature and their recipient was compelled to set into motion his aspect-perception (Wittgenstein) in order to decipher their contents – he had to be capable of reading between the lines.

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