Returns to Kobro: reconfigurations of the myth and figure of a “great artist”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the reception of Katarzyna Kobro – changes in historiographic approaches to the artist and her biography, as well as references to her in contemporary art projects and curatorial practices. The context of these considerations is the discussion initiated by Linda Nochlin on the issue of mythologizing individual creativity and the question of how feminist thinking helps to modify the older understanding of “artistic greatness”.