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Magdalena Abakanowicz

Title

Magdalena Abakanowicz / edited by Ann Coxon and Mary Jane Jacob ; [contributors: Dina Akhmadeeva [and ten others]].

Author

Abakanowicz, Magdalena

Publication

London : Tate Publishing, a division of Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2022
©2022

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207 pages : illustrations (some colour); 27 x 22 cm

Summary

Magdalena Abakanowicz (b.1930-2017) was a Polish sculptor and fibre artist, most notable for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium. In the 1960s and 1970s she wove sisal in intense colours to create towering, hanging pieces that radically expanded the field of sculpture and installation art, and catapulted the international 'fiber art' movement. Known as 'Abakans', these 'organic environments' carried many meanings and were often large in size, containing entanglements of ropes or dividing spaces. They were spaces to contemplate, to immerse oneself in, to experience. Lavishly illustrated with immersive photography and stunning details, this beautiful book explores the unique nature of these monumental works and their impact as environmental sculpture. Considering the relationships between the Abakans with their forest-like atmosphere, and other key works, it reveals the artist's broad interest in natural phenomena and folk-art traditions from different cultural backgrounds, and the mastery and determination of a woman artist who, despite the restrictions of living in Poland under an oppressive Communist regime, established a career as an international artist. Drawing on themes such as shamanism, female energy and power, pregnancy and insights on human nature, the book highlights Abakanowicz's pioneering contribution to installation art and the role of collaboration in her practice. The book contextualises her work within the Polish art world and wider post-war Europe. Exhibition: Tate Modern, London, UK.

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Exhibition catalogs.

Note

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Magdalena Abakanowicz, Tate Modern, London, 17 November 2022-21 May 2023"--Colophon.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Tate Modern, London, 17th November 2022-21st May 2023 ; Fondation Toms Pauli at the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne/Plateforme 10, Lausanne, 23rd June-24th September 2023 ; Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, 26th October 2023-25th February 2024.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The artist, the person / Mary Jane Jacob -- Artist's writings -- Knots : Abakanowicz and the Polish art scene in the 1960s / Magdalena Moskalewicz -- Every tangle of thread and rope : Abakanowicz's organic environments / Ann Coxon -- Art as spatial dramaturgy : Polish and Italian povera / Gabi Scardi -- Crafting an art practice : the postwar Polish art scene / Michał Jachuła -- Abakany : the essence of time and space / Marta Kowalewska -- Spaces unguarded : Abakanowicz's drawings / Magali Junet -- Return to paradise : concerning arboreal architecture / Clare Lilley -- Celebrating an artist : Abakanowicz in Wrocław / Iwona Dorota Bigos -- Organic structures : Abakanowicz in Norway / Caroline Ugelstad -- The liveliness of matter : contemporary dialogues / Dina Akhmadeeva -- A lifetime of experiences : a narrative chronology / Jenny Dally.

ISBN

9781849766739
1849766738
9781849768368
1849768366

LCCN

99993746114

OCLC

on1137850748
1137850748
SCSB-14506835

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Columbia University Libraries