Training for Art and Femininity: Analysis of Life Stories of Contemporary Polish Artists

Karolina Sikorska

Training for Art and Femininity: Analysis of Life Stories of Contemporary Polish Artists

Publication date: 12.2021

Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2021, Issue 4 (50) „Nowe strategie doświadczania kultury”, pp. 677 - 697

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.21.047.14964

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Training for Art and Femininity: Analysis of Life Stories of Contemporary Polish Artists

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The article is an analysis of life stories of female visual artists connected with the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (Poland). It explores the specificity of women’s experiences and constitutes an attempt to examine the role models and gender hierarchies which dominate the artworld. The article emphasises two analytical categories – uncertainty and struggle – to demonstrate how they organise the life stories of female artists, and tries to explain how such life stories can lead to re-evaluation of the perception of art as a male profession and contribute to a greater appreciation of women’s activity in the artworld.

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life stories, gender relationships, dominant role models, struggle, uncertainty

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Information: Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2021, Issue 4 (50) „Nowe strategie doświadczania kultury”, pp. 677 - 697

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.21.047.14964

Article type: Original article

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Training for Art and Femininity: Analysis of Life Stories of Contemporary Polish Artists

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Training for Art and Femininity: Analysis of Life Stories of Contemporary Polish Artists

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Karolina Sikorska

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-6516

Uniwersytet im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Katedra Kulturoznawstwa, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 3 87-100 Toruń

Published at: 12.2021

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