Modernizacja sztuki? Przyczyny trwałości dyskursu kolonialnego w postawach awangardowych krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej doby komunizmu

For many years, the West had served as a point of reference for the artistic creation of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Although the arrival of the avant-garde brought the hope for overcoming the long-time cultural “colonization” of the region, the post-war totalitarianism impeded the process. Following European artistic achievements was an indication of its belonging to Europe in the field of arts. The manifesto of the Hungarian European School or the activity of Czech art historian, Vincenc Kramář may serve as an example of this post-colonial discourse. The analysis of the activity of Warsaw Foksal Gallery and Yugoslav artistic milieu proves that the change in this relation required and still requires a re-evaluation of a well-established, modernist way of thinking and perception of reality inside and outside Central and Eastern Europe.