Dimensions: 26.6 x 110.5 x 72.3 cm
References
See:
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Recent Work, exhibition catalog, Marlborough Gallery, New York 1989, cat. nos. 24–25, p. 3 (list), 52–53 (ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, exhibition catalog, Sezon Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art in Shiga, Art Tower Mito - Contemporary Art Gallery, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 1991, pp. 162, 167 (ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, exhibition catalog, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, ed. Wojciech Krukowski et al., Warsaw 1995, p. 126 (ill.), 213 (list)
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Skulpturer, exhibition catalog, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Kulturhuset, ed. Christian Gether, Copenhagen-Stockholm 1996, p. 45, back cover (ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, exhibition catalog, Grounds for Sculpture, New Jersey 1996, cat. nos. 9, 24, unnumbered (ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Unrepeatability. Abakan to Crowd, exhibition catalog, Marlborough Gallery, New York 2015, cat. nos. 15, p. 16 (ill.)
Biography
Magdalena Abakanowicz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1950 to 1954. She worked as a sculptor. The first works that brought her international fame were the monumental, three-dimensional tapestries with a relief texture known as “Abakans.” The artist’s sculptures are created using a variety of techniques and materials—ceramics, wood, bronze, and plastic—and include both figurative and non-figurative works. She designed and executed numerous projects for public spaces and museums. From 1965 to 1990, she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. She is the author of scholarly essays on art, mythology, and religion. In 1965, she received the Grand Prix award at the São Paulo Biennial. International critics rank her among the very best artists of the 20th century.
