Agata Pietrasik, Art in a Disrupted World: Poland, 1939-1949

Art in a Disrupted World. Poland 1939-1949 ambitiously spans both the wartime and the post-war periods, addressing a complex and challenging chain of events in Polish art history. The book’s structure is both chronological and thematic, exploring: portraiture in the concentration camps; the experience of the ruined cityscape; the landmark exhibition Warsaw Accuses; and, finally, debates on the revival of modernism in the post-war years. In addition to its poignant moments of focus and depth, ...