The artist, the explorer, the „initiate”. Spiritual journeys of Maya Deren

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Stępnik, Małgorzata
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2016
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Polish Institute of World Art Studies & Tako Publishing House
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Abstract
This paper is concerned with the life and oeuvre of Maya Deren, born Eleanora Derenowskaia (1917-1961), unquestionably – one of the most intriguing personalities of 20th century art. She was a filmmaker, film theorist, photographer, dancer and most of all – someone that might be called a radical surrealist and a creative „shamaness”. The author seeks to describe the main ideas presented in Divine Horsemen. The Living Gods of Haiti – a book that was originally published in 1953, as a result of Deren's personal research on Haitian voodoo culture.
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Maya Deren    Alexander Hammid    "Meshes of the Afternoon"    "At Land"    Jewish art    American film    American avant-garde    art in diaspora    concept of "the Other"    Haitan culture    artistic journey    surrealism    modern aesthetics    "The Divine Horsemen"    art and anthropology
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M. Stępnik, An artist, an explorer, an „initiate”. Spiritual journeys of Maya Deren, (in:) Art in Jewish Society, eds. Jerzy Malinowski, Renata Piątkowska, Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia, Tamara Sztyma, Polish Institute of World Art Studies & Tako Publishing House, Warsaw-Toruń 2016, s. 101-108.
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