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Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Born June 20 1930, Falenty
Died April 21 2017

Magdalena Abakanowicz is one of the major figures of contemporary art, whose significance is comparable to Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse and Rachel Whiteread. She was born nine years before the outbreak of the Second World War, she had stayed in Poland during the wartime and did not even leave the country at the time of totality. The local historical experience has meant her major inspiration. The existence of the individual in society, individual as an antithesis and also the foundation stone of the crowd, characterizes her work from the beginning of the sixties. Her original textile sculptures, Abakan, were gradually followed by extensive series of humanoid sculptures of sitting, standing and dancing human torsos of papier-mâché and metal, contemplative gardens, castings of faces or cycles of fantastic creatures and weapons.
Catalogues for solo exhibitions
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Texts by John Hallmark, Mary Jane Jacob, Jasia Reichardt, and Magdalena Abakanowicz. New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.
Neray, Katalin and Hermansdorfer, Mariusz. Magdalena Abakanowicz. Műcsarnok, Budapest 1988.
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Texts by Magdalena Abakanowicz

Group exhibition catalogues
Abakanowicz, Magdalena and Restany, Pierre. Katarsis. Edizioni della Bezuga, sec. ed. 1990.
Abakanowicz, Magdalena

Monographical studies
Daval, Jean-Luc

Muzeum umění Olomouc 2011-2024