Wybrane dzieła współczesnego polskiego malarstwa abstrakcyjnego w świetle Ingardenowskiej koncepcji jakości metafizycznych

Abstract

Selected works of the contemporary Polish abstract painting in the light of Ingarden’s
 conception of metaphysical qualities: The main thesis of my article is that Roman Ingarden’s concept of metaphysical qualities can be adapted to analyze and interpret artworks that
 represent some tendencies in abstract painting. I start by summarizing this concept, taking
 into consideration the elements of its reconstructions that are present in the source literature,
 especially those aspects that concern art. Although Ingarden’s idea can be used with many
 examples, I employ it to analyze chosen artworks by the outstanding Polish abstract artists
 Tamara Berdowska, Władysław Podrazik, Tadeusz G. Wiktor and Jan Pamuła. I do not intend
 to refer to these paintings strictly in Ingarden’s terms, but I use these criteria in a way that
 allows me to enrich the interpretation of these artworks by showing them in a new light. By
 recognizing the role of contemplation of art, I try to fnd the genesis of the analyzed examples
 and reveal how metaphysical qualities manifest in them and infuence the viewer. I underline
 aspects that are distinctive of the presented artists and are related to the exceptional ability of
 abstract language to correspond to Ingarden’s idea. Subsequently, when developing my point of
 view I maintain the relationship between aesthetic and metaphysical sense that creates a kind
 of interdependence. These artists intentionally go beyond purely aesthetic efects to relate to
 transcendence. By adapting Ingarden’s concept to some contemporary abstractions, I try to link
 philosophical and critical ways of approaching these artistic phenomena with special regards to
 their metaphysical connotations that tend to be overlooked in contemporary discourses.