Magdalena Abakanowicz: Fate and Art
Title | Magdalena Abakanowicz: Fate and Art PDF eBook |
Author | PAOLA. GRIBAUDO |
Publisher | Skira |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9788857243955 |
The illustrated autobiography of the pioneering Polish sculptor, whose organic installations explored the politics of space in presciently fresh ways One of Poland's most famous artists, Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) revolutionized the use of textile as a sculptural medium with the creation of her 1967 Akabansseries consisting of enormous woven structures. In the next two decades of her career, the artist moved more towards representational sculpture, crafting dozens of headless humanoid figures out of wood, burlap and synthetic resin. These figures were then gathered in imposing groups as part of the Crowdsseries, her meditation on public spaces and how human beings occupy them. In addition to her numerous three-dimensional endeavors, which include an arboreal architecture project in Paris, Abakanowicz was a painter and a choreographer. Published at a moment of considerable renewed focus on the artist, this autobiography narrated her groundbreaking career for the first time.
Fate and Art
Title | Fate and Art PDF eBook |
Author | Magdalena Abakanowicz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Art |
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"Magdalena Abakanowicz was born to aristocratic parents in 1930 and raised on their country estate. She came of age against the tumultuous background of World War II and its aftermath. Today she is revered for her uncompromising, individualistic vision developed in her native Poland under the hostile eyes of the repressive Communist regime that was in power for most of her adult life. She has personally witnessed the worst of humanity's instinct for destructive behavior and has made art that unflinchingly presents the human condition. She had, by the 1960s, gained the beginning of an international reputation as a sculptor in soft materials with the creation of monumental environments called Abakans." "She changed sculpture from "object to look at" into "space to experience". Monumental, powerful compositions in bronze or stone, iron or concrete have been created for specific locations and are permanently installed as environments accessible to people." "Magdalena Abakanowicz also draws and paints, has choreographed dances performed by Japanese and Polish youngsters, and has designed Arboreal Architecture - buildings as "vertical gardens" - to be used as part of an extension to the principal axis in the city of Paris." "She has been determined from the very beginning to build her own vision of reality. She has never followed trends, all her creations being dictated by her imagination."--BOOK JACKET.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Title | Magdalena Abakanowicz PDF eBook |
Author | Magdalena Abakanowicz |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2004 |
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The Figurative Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz
Title | The Figurative Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz PDF eBook |
Author | Joanna Inglot |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2004-03-30 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0520231252 |
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Writings and Conversations
Title | Magdalena Abakanowicz: Writings and Conversations PDF eBook |
Author | Jenny Dally |
Publisher | Skira Editore |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2022-03-22 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9788857246390 |
Prose poems, talks, conversations and more from the leading postwar sculptor Spanning her lengthy career, this compendium of Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz's (1930-2017) writings is the first to bring together her prose poems, her lectures, correspondence with other artists and interviews (including a previously unpublished interview with art historian Barbara Rose).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. The splendid artist of the 1960`s
Title | Magdalena Abakanowicz. The splendid artist of the 1960`s PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelia Friebe |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 27 |
Release | 2014-06-30 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 3656685169 |
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Art - History of Art, grade: 1,0, , course: Polish Contemporary Art, language: English, abstract: Magdalena Abakanowicz is an extraordinary artist, somebody who ́s scale of work, of different techniques, ways of expression is really grand and widespreaded. It is an artist influenced by a dramatic and often tragic background and lived through different political tensions in Poland, so that also the political, psychological background is important for the understanding of the work of Abakanowicz. In this essay only a short overview can be given, but the spectrum of her work is much more extensive.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Title | Magdalena Abakanowicz PDF eBook |
Author | Magdalena Abakanowicz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Art |
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Magdalena Abakanowicz is considered by many critics and artists alike to be the foremost artist working with fiber in the world today. That she is now considered a leading sculptor, as well, indicates how far she has come since her innovative, imposing woven "Abakans" of the 1960s led the way for a decade of experimentation by many artists with fiber as a medium for expression or as a medium for the making of art. Her work proved to have the strength to break with the venerable tradition of tapestry going back to the Middle Ages, and to transform radically our expectations of woven objects from being craft to fine art. The occasion of this first comprehensive retrospective of Magdalena Abakanowicz's work marks an important point in the career of the artist. -- From preface.