Inhabitants of the Non-Sites of Memory: a guardian mole (by Czesław Miłosz) and crawling death (by Zdzisław Beksiński)
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The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, First View, 19 (1/2024), pp. 75 - 89
https://doi.org/10.4467/24506249PJ.24.005.20480Authors
Inhabitants of the Non-Sites of Memory: a guardian mole (by Czesław Miłosz) and crawling death (by Zdzisław Beksiński)
The aim of this study is to take a new look at artistic representations of the Non-Sites of Memory, proposing a comparative analysis of two creatures – presented as new survivors or old arrivals on the postwar/ post-apocalyptic scene. A guardian mole (poem Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto by Czesław Miłosz, 1944) and Crawling Death (Without title, a painting by Zdzisław Beksiński, 1975) bring to life yet-human and sub-human figures and represent two ideas of being a witness/bystander, while also constituting a general commentary on the various ways that memory and remembrance work in the personal life of the artist.
Information: The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, First View, 19 (1/2024), pp. 75 - 89
Article type: Original article
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University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Published at: 2024
Article status: Open
Licence: CC BY
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