Fotografia jako możliwość sensu. Strategie narracyjne w cyklu Polonia i inne opowieści Allana Sekuli
Photography as a Possibility of Sense. Narrative Strategies in Allan Sekula’s Cycle: Polonia i inne opowieści [Polish Diaspora and Other Stories]

Author(s): Violetta Sajkiewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of a photograhic cycle entitled: Polish Diaspora andOther Stories, created by Allan Sekula, an American photograph of Polish origin. Recognisedas an artist-etnographer, and simultaneously, a critic of the late capitalism and globalism, in hisworks Sekula combines photographs with a linguistic text — titles (sometimes complex), com-ments, ambiguous allusions — obtaining a semantically rich message. From his “stories” aboutPolish-Amierican relations, an image of a postcolonial Poland emerges. The artist, who includesautobiographical material in his works, is also interested in the aspects of Polish-Jewish relations,as well as the issues connected with losing one’s national identity.

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