Piotr
Mlącki

Colonial sentiment has become the main subject-matter of my artistic efforts. This refers to its literary and visual representation present in European and, consequently, also Polish culture. I focused my attention on sentimentalism and messianism that we had long ago attributed to colonial violence, validating and justifying it with a higher enlightening purpose. These are sad works on Western arrogance, which has also been partly shared by Poland. Being aware of the growing social awareness of European colonisation, I decided to describe it from a Polish perspective. From the perspective of a state whose national doctrine constantly affirms mistakes and denies responsibility. The hegemonic aspirations of Poland seem to be embedded in the history of our country, and the revival of imperial thought can easily be noticed in the present-day conservative narrative. In order to warn against it, I juxtaposed Polish imperial aspirations with a story of the culmination of world imperialism. In a surrealistic way, I associated the Jagiellon policy with the use of the atomic bomb in warfare and its pop culture consequences.

Colonial sentiment has become the main subject-matter of my artistic efforts. This refers to its literary and visual representation present in European and, consequently, also Polish culture. I focused my attention on sentimentalism and messianism that we had long ago attributed to colonial violence, validating and justifying it with a higher enlightening purpose. These are sad works on Western arrogance, which has also been partly shared by Poland. Being aware of the growing social awareness of European colonisation, I decided to describe it from a Polish perspective. From the perspective of a state whose national doctrine constantly affirms mistakes and denies responsibility. The hegemonic aspirations of Poland seem to be embedded in the history of our country, and the revival of imperial thought can easily be noticed in the present-day conservative narrative. In order to warn against it, I juxtaposed Polish imperial aspirations with a story of the culmination of world imperialism. In a surrealistic way, I associated the Jagiellon policy with the use of the atomic bomb in warfare and its pop culture consequences.

Colonial sentiment has become the main subject-matter of my artistic efforts. This refers to its literary and visual representation present in European and, consequently, also Polish culture. I focused my attention on sentimentalism and messianism that we had long ago attributed to colonial violence, validating and justifying it with a higher enlightening purpose. These are sad works on Western arrogance, which has also been partly shared by Poland. Being aware of the growing social awareness of European colonisation, I decided to describe it from a Polish perspective. From the perspective of a state whose national doctrine constantly affirms mistakes and denies responsibility. The hegemonic aspirations of Poland seem to be embedded in the history of our country, and the revival of imperial thought can easily be noticed in the present-day conservative narrative. In order to warn against it, I juxtaposed Polish imperial aspirations with a story of the culmination of world imperialism. In a surrealistic way, I associated the Jagiellon policy with the use of the atomic bomb in warfare and its pop culture consequences.