Parasolnik z Sopotu – (niedoceniony) performer uliczny by Zbigniew Majchrowski

“…The uniqueness of Umbrella Man’s performance activity is highlighted by the juxtaposition of his style with the work of other freaks with artistic ambitions: Krzysztof Niemczyk from Kraków, Tomasz Machciński from Kalisz, and Ryszard Kisiel from Gdańsk, as well as with the work of the professional cabaret artist and writer Jerzy Afanasjew. The author of the article interprets Umbrella Man’s deliberately ambivalent, subversive cross-dressing actions as experimental exercises in freedom transgressing the social norms of their time, carried out in the oppressive public space of the Polish People’s Republic, and as sociocognitive work. …”
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