Ciało i kołnierzyki człowieka unizmu: Mariusz Tchorek o Strzemińskim i Kobro
The Body and Collars of “the Man of Unism”: Mariusz Tchorek about Strzemiński and Kobro

Summary/Abstract: This text was inspired by an article by Mariusz Tchorek: “Jeszcze o danych przyrodzonych i nadprzyrodzonych malarstwa, czyli rzecz o ciele artysty” [1993]. Enrooted in psychoanalysis it derived the theory of Unism not from a fundamental imperative of purist unity but, provocatively, from a negation of corporeality dictated by Strzemiński’s disablement. Although the article restored the meaning of the artist’s body in avant-garde art and today is cited often in the Polish history of art, the presented text concentrates on another motif indicated by Mariusz, namely, the role played by Katarzyna Kobro, who combined the creation of avant-garde spatial constructions with sewing shirts for Strzemiński that would not require that her physically challenged husband tie a tie. Are the shirts made by Kobro works of art?

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