Sztuka afrykańska jako składnik przestrzeni publicznej a twórczość awangardowa – dadaizm

Abstract

Article take on the functioning of the twentieth century urban space and its influence on the shaping of stereotypical images of African art and culture. The text adopted two aspects of the problem: mediation, occurring between images of what African and European in urban space and artistic activities Dadaists, which are in response to the specific character of “primitivism” present in European cities. Selected examples will be explained how materialized mentioned mediation and how the Dadaists reveal the mechanisms of its action. Discussed examples of mediation present in the urban space include images of people in Africa and how they are presented on posters, photographs and illustrations, but also a way exhibiting African art and so. ethnological exhibitions. The article was also subjected to analysis of work of the Dadaists: Tristan Tzara, Hugo Ball, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Duchamp, Hanna Hoch and Sophie Tauber-Arp.