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The Figurative Sculpture of
Magdalena Abakanowicz
by Joanna Inglot
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Since the early 1980s, the Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-) has gained
worldwide acclaim for her role in the revival of figuration in late-twentieth-century
sculpture; exhibited in major museums across America, Europe, and Asia. Her work
has been roundly praised for its expressive power and innovative form. In this first
scholarly art historical analysis of Abakanowicz's figurative sculpture, Joanna Inglot
penetrates the myth of isolation that surrounds and obscures this internationally
celebrated artist to disclose the artistic, sociopolitical, and cultural context
in which Abakanowicz has lived and worked. Abakanowicz emerges as a major contemporary
sculptor, whose works have embodied innovations in style and media, and reflected
important sociopolitical issues.
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Hardcover, 154 pgs., $45.00
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