Zawsze lojalni i ich protezy
The 'semper fi' and their prostheses

Summary/Abstract: Patrycja Cembrzyńska claims that the merging of the body and metal armour rooted in the image of the indestructible soldier finds its continuation in the image of the war veteran with metal prostheses. The author analyses the cultural presence of prosthesis wearers on the basis of, among others, Otto Dix's paintings, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's accounts or Ernst Friedrich's anti-war initiatives. She juxtaposes Michael Stokes' nudes of the veterans of the war in Afghanistan, organised by military rhetorics, with Bryan Adams' works from the album Wounded. The Legacy of War, showing mutilation in a blunt way. Cembrzyńska also writes about Krzysztof Wodiczko's projects, which give voice to veterans talking about the experience and trauma of war, as well as the life after returning from the front.

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