Stranac u Parizu: kritička recepcija Save Šumanovića na pariskoj umetničkoj sceni od 1926. do 1928. godine

Abstract

Šumanovićev drugi boravak u Parizu, između 1925. i 1928. godine, obeležila je njegova namera da se, kao strani umetnik, integriše u parisku umetničku sredinu i postane jedan od njenih aktera. Pojedina dela iz obimne produkcije koja nastaje u ovom periodu izlaže redovno na Salonu nezavisnih i Jesenjem salonu. Njegove nastupe prati dnevna i specijalizovana periodika, a najveću pažnju likovne kritike dobija u periodu između 1926. i 1928. godine. Imajući u vidu karakteristike Šumanovićeve prakse, intelektualni krug sa kojim se identifikuje i strategije oblikovanja umetničkog identiteta koje usvaja, težište analize biće recepcija njegovih dela u pariskoj likovnoj kritici između 1926. i 1928. godine. Pažnja će, isto tako, biti posvećena ambivalentnoj poziciji stranog umetnika u Parizu dvadesetih godina koja se iščitava iz kritičke recepcije Šumanovićevog dela i njegovog iskustva u okviru pariske umetničke scene u ovom periodu.

Šumanović’s second stay in Paris between 1925 and 1928 was marked by his intention to integrate, as a foreign artist, into the Parisian artistic environment and to become one of its participants. He regularly exhibited his paintings at the Salon des Indépendants and Salon d’Automne from the large body of his work produced during this time. These exhibitions were followed by daily and specialized periodicals, and they received the greatest attention by the art critics between 1926 and 1928. Bearing in mind the characteristics of Šumanović’s practice, the intellectual circle with which he identified himself, and the strategies of forming an artistic identity that he adopted, the focus of the present analysis is on the reception of his works in the Paris art critique between 1926 and 1928. Furthermore, this analysis also examines the ambivalent position of a foreign artist in the French capital during the 1920s that is recognizable in the critical reception of Šumanović’s work and his experience in the Paris art scene during this period.