Dimensions: 108 x 30 x 20 cm (dimensions of each work)
Signed on the reverse with the bound monogram of each figure: 'AM 08
Origin
Polswiss Art, December 2020
Exhibited
New Generation and Classics from the Collection of Wojciech Fibak, Centre for Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Toruń, June 28, 2024 - January 5, 2025.
On the Track of Excellence. Selected Works from the Collection of Wojciech Fibak, State Art Gallery, Sopot, July 2 - September 18, 2022
Literature
New Generation and Classics of Modernity from the Collection of Wojciech Fibak, exhibition catalog, Center for Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, ed. Krzysztof Stanisławski, Anna Kompanowska, Toruń 2024, p. 109 (il.)
On the Track of Perfection. Selected works from the collection of Wojciech Fibak, exhibition catalog, National Gallery of Art, ed. Magdalena Piłakowska, Sopot 2022, p. 87, cat. no. 7 (il), 342 (list)
Biography
Magdalena Abakanowicz studied in 1950-54 at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. She practiced sculpture. The first works that brought her international fame were the monumental, spatial tapestries with relief texture Abakanas. Her sculptures are made in a variety of techniques and materials: ceramics, wood, bronze, plastic - both figurative and non-figurative. She has made and completed many projects for public places and museums. In 1965-90 she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. She is the author of erudite essays on art, mythology, religion. In 1965 she was awarded the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennale. She is ranked by world critics among the top artists of the 20th century.
