Pomiędzy realnością i kreacją

Abstract

To begin with, the article defines the concept of reality according to Leon Chwistek and asks a question concerning the possibility of interpreting the complexities of art from the point of view of philosophy. Referring back to the phenomenologists Henri Bergson and José Ortega y Gasset, the author emphasizes the facilitating role of philosophy in understanding the issues of art. Next, on the examples of Werner Herzog’s and Sebastião Salgado’s works, the article discusses film and photography, while Marcin Maciejowski’s works are used to discuss painting influenced by journalistic writing on social, political and cultural issues. Robert Kuśniewski’s works, in turn, become the starting point for a discussion concerning the boundary between documentary, fiction and creation in the arts. Towards the end of the article, the author provides a brief overview of his own works, with reference to the role of creation in the arts as well as broadly-understood spirituality.