Instytut Historii Sztuki <Posen> [Hrsg.]: Artium Quaestiones (30.2019)

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Maria Poprzęcka

Maria Poprzęcka
University of Warsaw
ENTER THE DRAGON
Summary
The paper is a reminiscence of my first meeting with the colleagues from the Institute
of Art History of Adam Mickiewicz University which took place at an annual confer-
ence of the Association of Art Historians in 1974, titled "Reflection on Art." Choos-
ing an unusual title, I wanted to convey the impetus with which a group of young art
historians from Poznań entered the decent and somewhat stagnant stage of Polish art
history The critique they presented was directed against Polish academic institutions,
the problematic of the conference, the empty rituals of academic life, etc. Even though
I did not accept all their objections, the heated debate suddenly turned out for me to
be a liberating factor, stimulating continuous critical thinking which is an antidote for
spiritual and intellectual captivity
Keywords:
history of art history, conference, Poznań, Association of Art Historians, institutional
critique