Eseje dla Danuty Wróblewskiej
Essays for Danuta Wróblewska

Summary/Abstract: Fragment of a text from the author’s Manuscript: “If we recognise life as our prime ‘work’ then we destroy art, which can be only an image of that life, and thus an artificial creation. Street and courtyard events (Próżna Street) unite us inasmuch as they are closest to life and we cannot tell what is artificial or natural, where things end or begin. If we see an art collection in a modern building – and this is what we observed recently in present-day Warsaw – then we experience dissatisfaction and falsehood caused by an extraction from the stream of life. Everything becomes stylish and eradicated, like in a Kenzo showroom. Even the works of outstanding artists lose their force, and Katarzyna Kozyra, having turned herself into an opera singer, performs the aria of Cherubino from The Marriage of Figaro horribly out of tune but in doing so fits into the general plan of elegance. Is this ‘us’ or are we pretending to be us? Perhaps we demand too much of art and are really incapable of comprehending ourselves? Is this is a malady of our times, and did Michelangelo and Rembrandt manage so much better?”

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