Białostockie axis mundi: Aleksandra Ekster i Dziga Wiertow - biografie równoległe.

Both painter and designer Aleksandra Ekster and filmmaker Dziga Vertov were born at the end of the 19th century in Białystok. They developed their artistic activity in what is now Ukraine, later in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and Ekster also in the West. Art historians see them primarily as Soviet/Russian artists, while few consider their work against a more expansive background, based in part on the inspiration from Ukrainian and Polish cultures. The text takes into consideration this particular context, presenting the successive stages in the lives of both artists. There is no doubt that ties with Poland and inspiration from art created by Poles were important for both Ekster and Vertov. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]