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1930 Falenty, Poland - 2017 Warsaw, Poland. Known for: Figurative and abstract symbolic sculpture and fiber-based work.
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 slit... Read full biography
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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.
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