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1. 1. www.theartnewspaper.com

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   Dates: 1 Mar 08 - 16 Jun 08 Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Address: Plaza Santa Isabel, 52 Madrid 28012 Tel: +34 (0)91 774 10 00 Website
   
   Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has installed a new work in the Palacio de Cristal, comprising a massive marquee that houses a group of fantastical, dreamlike animal sculptures, all made specifically for this show.
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2. 2. The Polish Arts and Culture Foundation - FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE OF MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ

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   FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE OF MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZThe Polish Arts and Culture Foundation - FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE OF MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ
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   The Figurative Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz
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   Joanna Inglot clearly knows both her subject and the complicated circumstances in Poland that have helped to shape Magdalena Abakanowicz."--Dore Ashton, editor of Twentieth-Century Artists on Art
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   "This is the first truly independent and in-depth study of the most widely known Polish artist, Magdalena Abakanowicz.
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   Informed, lucid, and clearly written, this is a key book that changes our understanding of Abakanowicz's work and, more broadly, our perception of Polish art after the Second World War."--Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
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   "Working with non-traditional materials in non-traditional genres and fiercely guarding her autonomy against interpretation, Magdalena Abakanowicz carved her niche as an artist.
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   By recounting the artist's evolution from textile artist to fiber sculptor within the context of Poland's postwar struggle with issues of contemporary art, this book makes clear that Abakanowicz's work is more closely tied to her Polish heritage than even she would want to admit.
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   "A masterfully executed study that combines the gripping story of Magdalena Abakanowicz's art and life with a thoughtful and precise reconstruction of the political and cultural realities of state socialism that formed the inescapable context of her work.Joanna Inglot illuminates also the intellectual and aesthetic ideas that enabled Abakanowicz to transcend this context and become an international star."--Jan Kubik, author of The Power of Symbols Against the Symbols of Power: The Rise of Solidarity and the Fall of State Socialism in Poland
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   Since the early 1980s, the Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (b. 1930) has gained worldwide acclaim for her role in the revival of figuration in late-twentieth-century sculpture.Her cycles of headless, hollow, and crude burlap crowds of the mid-1970s and the 1980s, exhibited in major museums across America, Europe, and Asia, are roundly praised for their 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. 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.
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   Inglot clearly locates Abakanowicz as a major contemporary sculptor whose works have embodied innovations in style and media and reflected important sociopolitical issues.

3. 3. en.wikipedia.7val.com

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   Magdalena Abakanowicz
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   Magdalena Abakanowicz (b. June 20, 1930, Falenty, Poland) is a Polish sculptor.She is notable for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and is regarded as being one of the most important and influential female artists of the 20th century.She has been a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland from 1965 to 1990 and a visiting professor at UCLA in 1984.Magdalena Abakanowicz currently lives and works in Warsaw.