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AFTERPIOTRPIOTROWSKI
relationshipsandwinningpersonalityasfactorsthatwereimportantindeveloping
researchandthedistributionofitsresults.TetextbyBojanaPejić,whocuratedcrucial
exhibitionsconnectedtotheidentityoftheartofEast-CentralEurope,suchasAfer
theWall(1999)andGenderCheck(2009/2010),reflectsonfriendshipandcommunality
ascrucialelementsofEast-CentralEuropeanarthistorycreationinthe1990s,aswell
asonhowdiscussionswithPiotrowskiplayedanimportantroleinPejić)stheoretical
approachtocuratorialpracticeanditsconceptualisation.
Tesecondpartofthebook-MeaningsofDemocracy-consistsoftextswritten
byayoungergenerationofscholars,Piotrowski)sformerstudents,whosharedhisinter-
estintherelationshipbetweenartandpolitics,andhisdevotiontoissuesoffreedom
ofexpressionandwomen)sandsexualminorities)rights.Teauthorofthissection)s
firsttext,IzabelaKowalczyk,analysesthepoliticalinvolvementofPiotrowski)swriting
onartandculture,presentingitagainstthechangingpoliticalsituationinPolandand
East-CentralEurope.ShebeginswithhisengagementintheundergroundSolidarity
movementofthe1980s,andconcludeswithPiotrowski)sparticipationintheinitiative
fordemocracycalledtheuOpenAcademy”
.TetextbyJakubDąbrowskiconcentrates
onthenotionoffreedom,anessentialissueintheEast-CentralEuropeanartmadeboth
duringcommunismandaferitsfall,andonethatisconstantlypresentinPiotrowski)s
writings.DąbrowskianalysesPiotrowski)stextsandactivitiesrelatedtofreedomof
expressionanditssuppressionbycensorship,demonstratinghowdiscussionsabout
censorshipinPolandandEast-CentralEuropehavechangedovertime.Heoutlines
thetensionbetweendemocracyandcensorship,inscribingthewritingsofPiotrows-
kiintopre-existingmethodologicalframeworksonthesubject.TeessaybyPaweł
LeszkowiczanalysesaspectsofPiotrowski)swritingsandmuseologicalpracticethat
dealtwiththeartisticandpoliticalexpressionofthesexualrevolutioninEast-Central
Europeanart,presentingPiotrowski)sground-breakingcriticalstudiesofbodyartand
masculinityintheartoftheregion,aswellashisunderstandingofthesubversiveand
democraticpotentialofLGBTQvisualculture.Telasttextinthissection,writtenby
MagdalenaRadomska,elaboratesthenotionofdemocracyinPiotrowski)stextsfrom
twoconflictingmethodologicalapproacheshepracticed-hisinclinationtowardspost-
modernismandhisMarxistbackground.ItservesasareconstructionofPiotrowski)s
methodologicalapproach,demonstratingitsinconsistenciesandtheirconsequences.
TebookconcludeswithoneofthelasttextswrittenbyPiotrPiotrowski,Krzysz-
tofWodiczkoandtheGlobalPoliteia-originallypublishedforamonographicWodiczko
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