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Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017) was active/lived in Poland.  Magdalena Abakanowicz is known for Figurative and abstract symbolic social realist sculpture, fiber art.

Art & Design section, The New York Times
"Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sculptor of Brooding Forms, Dies at 86"
By William Grimes, April 21, 2017

Magdalena Abakanowicz, a Polish sculptor who transformed sisal and burlap into brooding forms that evoked the weight of political oppression, the desperation of the individual and the sufferings of the natural world, died on Thursday in Warsaw. She was 86.

She died after a long illness, her husband, Jan Kosmowski, said.

Ms. Abakanowicz (pronounced ah-bah-kah-NO-vich), who once described her sculpture as “a search for organic mysteries,” first attracted critical attention in the 1960s with free-standing woven works made from sisal that she unraveled from discarded ships’ ropes and dyed.

These Abakans, as they became known, were monumental, some more than 15 feet tall, hollow at the core and fitted with slits and folds. Hanging from the ceiling, nearly touching the floor, they resembled shrouds, twisted tr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10395 characters.]  Artist bio

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