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Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Tate
- Previously announced, Tate Modern, London - Feb – Jun 2021, Fondation Toms Pauli / Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne
- by Edited by Ann Coxon, Mary Jane Jacob
More Information
| Publisher | Tate |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781849766739 |
| Author(s) | Edited by Ann Coxon, Mary Jane Jacob |
| Publication date | October 2022 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 265 x 210 mm |
| Illustrations | 150 col.ill. |
| Pages | 192 |
| Rights | . |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
| Exhibition | Tate Modern, London - Feb – Jun 2021, Fondation Toms Pauli / Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne |
Description
In the 1960s and 70s Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017) wove sisal in intense colours to create towering, hanging pieces that radically expanded the field of sculpture and installation art. 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 experience. Lavishly illustrated with immersive photography, 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. Drawing on themes such as shamanism, female energy and power, pregnancy and insights on human nature, the book also highlights Abakanowicz’s pioneering contribution to installation art and the role of collaboration in her practice, and contextualises her work within the Polish art world, and wider post-war Europe.
EXHIBITIONS
Tate Modern
17 Jun - 13 Sept 2020
Fondation Toms Pauli / Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Switzerland
Feb - Jun 2021