Happenings-Events-Performances in Poland: Intermingling Histories of Art and Politics
Happenings-Events-Performances in Poland: Intermingling Histories of Art and Politics

Summary/Abstract: The article interprets selected works of action art in Poland, but in the context of their relationship - more or less direct - to the political situation in Poland under the rule of the totalitarian regime in 1945-1989. Paying attention to the political aspect of the works of performance art allows them to be compared with the works of Korean artists who create works of action also in totalitarian regime conditions, although of a different nature. Action art turns out to be an effective way of practicing free creative expression, because it is difficult for totalitarian authorities to apply preventive censorship against ephemeral art. Although the authorities use various repressions against artists on the spot during the action and ex post. Despite the geographical distance between Korea and Poland, despite the cultural and social differences, as well as the lack of direct personal contacts between the artists - the forms of action art and their context of creation and its critical goals are similar and are similarly effective in the conditions existing in both countries.

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