Book Promotion and Cultural Discussion: Modernism, Sport, Politics at the Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw

This event documented the promotion of the book "Modernism – Sport – Politics" by Dr. Przemysław Strożek at the Museum of Sport and Tourism. The discussion covered the book's exploration of sport's role in 1920s European art, propaganda, and ideological projects.

On June 18, 2019, the Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw hosted the promotion of the book "Modernism – Sport – Politics" by Dr. Przemysław Strożek. The publication, an habilitation thesis from the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences, delves into the role of sport in 1920s European art and propaganda. The event featured a discussion led by Dr. Piotr Kubkowski, a cultural historian and art historian from the University of Warsaw, who explored the political landscape of the late 1920s, focusing on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and the Summer Spartakiad in Moscow. The conversation highlighted the artistic practices, stylistic differences, and ideological messages surrounding these major sporting events, and how sports imagery was utilized for ideological and propaganda purposes within modernist projects. The book itself is described as offering multiple readings: it showcases the role of sport in European art of the 1920s, the function of art in propaganda across different European nations, and the use of sport and the athletic body in ideological and propagandistic contexts. Ultimately, it demonstrates how specific representations of sport were integrated into modernist societal and propagandistic designs. The event was attended by figures from the sports community, the Polish Olympic Committee, the Institute of Art, and the Museum, with the author signing copies of the book, which was available for purchase in the Museum's shop.

The book was available for purchase in the Museum's shop, and the event included further conversations with coffee and wine. Specific ticketing for the promotion event itself is not detailed, suggesting it was likely an open or integrated museum activity.