Transformations in Polish art after 1989: Reconfiguration and bewilderment. The field of art in Poland 1989 – 2015 Cover Image

Transformacje w sztuce polskiej po 1989: Rekonfiguracje i dezorientacja. Pole sztuk plastycznych w Polsce 1989 – 2015
Transformations in Polish art after 1989: Reconfiguration and bewilderment. The field of art in Poland 1989 – 2015

Author(s): Paweł Możdżyński
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku
Keywords: contemporary polish art; visual arts; social field of art, sociology of art; Pierre Bourdieu; Jean Baurdillard

Summary/Abstract: Reconfigurations and bewilderment in the field of art during the time of social, political and economical transformation are the main topics of Możdżyński’s text. The author uses the categories of Pierre Bourdieu: the field of art, struggle and competition of agents. He explores the dimensions of bewilderment and writes about deregulation of the art world, the marginalisation of fine arts academies, struggles in the field of visual arts and the conflicts between artists and society in contemporary Poland. In the last part of the article, the author tries to examine the contemporary art field in Poland through the perspective of Jean Baurdillard’s book The conspiracy of art.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 11-28
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish