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„Księgi Justynine”. O biografii Justine Frank
The Books of Justine. On the biography of Justine Frank

Author(s): Lena Magnone
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Visual Arts, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: Roee Rosen; Justine Frank; Marquis de Sade; Jacob Frank; surrealism; parafiction;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the biography of Justine Frank (1900-1943), a marginalized member of the surrealist movement, a painter and writer who combined Judaism with pornography, a critic of the Zionist project who tragically died in Palestine. Written by an Israeli artist and an expert on the interwar avant-garde, Roee Rosen, it is not only an artistic provocation – a part of a larger experiment in the field of the so-called parafiction also including editions of Frank’s novel Sweet Sweat and exhibitions of her paintings – but also an interesting statement in the discussion on the possibilities and limitations of feminist criticism, as it points out the problem of fabrication of the indispensable precursors.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 237-252
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish