Fantastic, surreal and monstrous in Zdzislaw Beksinski

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v19i29.42930

Keywords:

Zdzislaw Beksinski, fantastic realism, Polish surrealism, post-apocalypse

Abstract

This text works with the interpretative possibilities, development in the poetic process and motivations for the wide circulation of the works of the Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski in the post-internet scenario. Specifically, we deal with works from his so-called “fantastic period”. Through a detailed description of some of his paintings and comparison with analyzes already carried out on his works, we point out characteristics of his figuration present in his sketches and drawings, the use of elements from the Cold War imaginary and possible references within the Polish and surrealism.

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Hipólito, LabArtes-UFES

Master in Theory and History of Art from the Postgraduate Program in Arts at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (PPGA-UFES) and Bachelor in Fine Arts from the same institution; Professor of the Department of Art and Music Theory (DTAM-UFES, 2015-2020), of the Department of Social Communication (DEPCOM-UFES, 2023-) of the Pedagogy and Psychology courses at the European College of Vitória (FAEV, 2015-2023) ; Develops research on art historiography and art history in Latin America, on the use and meanings of image and appropriation strategies in the most recent art productions and new media; He is the presenter of the Não Pod Tocar podcast, a debater on the MIDcast Política and the Pindorama podcast and a member of the Research Laboratory on Art Theories and Processes (LabArtes-UFES). He is editor of Revista do Colóquio (periodicos.ufes / collartes) and editor of Revista Farol (periodicos.ufes / Farol). He is a writer for the website Nota Manuscript (notamanuscrita.com), artist and critic working for the groups Coletivo Monográfica and Nota Manuscript, with which he has produced texts, videos, performative actions and installations since 2009. He received the Bolsa Ateliê awards, from the Secretariat of State da Cultura do Espírito Santo, with the installation project "Ínfimos Corriqueiros - Pormenores Possessivos" (2012-2013) and Núcleo de Criação Rede Cultura Jovem (2010-2011). He worked as a mediator at the Palácio Anchieta Cultural Space (2009-2013), was responsible for the technical reserve/collection of the Art Museum of the State of Espírito Santo MAES (2008-2009) and was a teacher at the Municipal Department of Education of Cariacica (2006-2008 ).

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20-02-2024

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Hipólito, R. (2024). Fantastic, surreal and monstrous in Zdzislaw Beksinski. Farol, 19(29), 257–275. https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v19i29.42930

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Vol. 19 No. 29 (2023)

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