Abakanowicz, Magdalena

Overview

Works:	462 works in 879 publications in 8 languages and 6,475 library holdings
Genres:	Exhibition catalogs Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography History Catalogs Portraits Academic theses
Roles:	Illustrator, Author, Artist, Other, zxx, Editor, Interviewee, Author of introduction, Creator, Sculptor
Classifications:	NB955.P63, 709.2

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz by Barbara Rose( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
The figurative sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz : bodies, environments, and myths by Joanna Inglot( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : recent sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Fate and art : monologue by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

Magdalena Abakanowicz : recent work, October 20-November 25, 1989, Marlborough Gallery, Inc by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz; textile Strukturen und Konstruktionen by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz, about men : sculpture, 1974-1985 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : coexistence : 7 October-3 November, 2003 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Abakanowicz : mutants : 15 January - 11 February 1997 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : confessions : sculpture and drawings : October 19-November 19, 2005 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : arboreal architecture : Bois de Nanterre--Vertical green : May 7-June 6, 1992, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : ninety five figures from the crowd of one thousand ninety five figures ; 28 September-28 October 20 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : October 5 thorugh December 1990 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : bronze sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Abakanowicz : wild flowers by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
3. Internationale Triennale der Zeichnung : Bildhauerzeichnung : Abakanowicz, Chillida, Serra, Tinguely : Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 11.10.85-16.2.86 : Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz/Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum, Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, 20.3.86-11.5.86 by Curt Heigl( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : la corte del rey Arturo : Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid, 13 de marzo-16 de junio de 2008 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )
Magdalena Abakanowicz : a survey, 1987-2009 by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

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Most widely held works by Magdalena Abakanowicz

Monochromes : from Malevich to the present by Barbara Rose( Book )

9 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The first comprehensive study of the modern history of monochrome art, Monochromes traces the development of single-color artwork - painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations - up to the present. With over 160 full-color reproductions, this book examines the fundamental aesthetic issues raised by the monochrome in a historical context."--Jacket

Working process e non solo by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

3 editions published in 2002 in Italian and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Softart : die Kunst des weichen Materials( Book )

5 editions published in 1980 in German and Germanic and held by 66 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Verteidigung der Moderne : Positionen der polnischen Kunst nach 1945 : Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jerzy Beres, Tomasz Ciecierski, Stanislaw Fijalkowski, Stefan Gierowski, Tadeusz Kantor, Mariusz Kruk, Jaroslaw Modzelewski, Roman Opalka, Marek Sobczyk, Henryk Stazewski, Leon Tarasewicz by Museum Würth (Künzelsau-Gaisbach)( Book )

2 editions published in 2000 in German and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz by Mariusz Hermansdorfer( Book )

10 editions published in 1995 in Polish and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Art contre apartheid = Art against apartheid by Artistes du monde contre l'apartheid( Book )

4 editions published in 1983 in English and French and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sculpture( Book )

3 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 36 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wit & whimsy : March 6-31, 2007 by Marlborough Gallery( Book )

2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On paper = Sobre papel( Book )

2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz : recent sculpture( Book )

1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Skulpturen 1967-1989 : 22. Juni bis 20. August 1989, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

8 editions published in 1989 in German and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz by Mariusz Hermansdorfer( Book )

3 editions published in 2005 in Polish and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz; textile Strukturen und Konstruktionen by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

8 editions published in 1972 in German and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stoff : Malerei, Plastik, Installationen : Galerie Albstadt, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, 2. Juni - 18. August 2002 ; [Magdalena Abakanowicz ...( Book )

1 edition published in 2002 in German and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz by Barbara Rose( Book )

4 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture is known and loved around the world. She is revered by artists and art critics for her uncompromising, individualistic vision, developed in her native Poland under the hostile eyes of the repressive Communist regime that was in power for most of her adult life. From the horrors of the Warsaw uprising in 1944 to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, she has personally witnessed the worst of humanity's instinct for destructive behavior, and has made art that unflinchingly presents the human condition. Abakanowicz was born to aristocratic parents in 1930 and raised on a country estate east of Warsaw. She came of age against the tumultuous background of World War II and its aftermath. By dint of enormous effort and struggle, she had, by the 1960s, gained the beginning of an international reputation as a sculptor in fibers, a weaver of room-filling environments that were called Abakans. Always alert to the possibilities of using familiar materials in unforeseen ways, she was soon using burlap and resin to make groups of figures that attracted widespread attention and evoked provocative cultural and political associations wherever they were shown. At the Venice biennial of 1980, her ambitious exhibition in the Polish pavilion caused a sensation among critics and the general public alike. Since then, the level and variety of her work has been nothing short of astonishing. In the 1980s, she began to create powerful and monumental sculptures in bronze, stone, wood, and iron. With works such as Katarsis, Incarnations, and Hand-like Trees, she has transformed bronze casting as she once revolutionized the placid world of weaving. Abakanowicz has also executed important public commissions for large, outdoor sculptures in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East; envisioned a revolutionary new form of architecture; created a cycle of sculptures called War Games that is at once heroic and tragic; and produced figures of youthful circus acrobats that express life's hopes

KölnSkulptur 1 : Magdalena Abakanowicz ... : [zeitgenössische Bildhauer im Skulpturenpark Köln ; erscheint anläßlich der Ausstellung KölnSkulptur 1, 8. November 1997-1. September 1999 im Skulpturenpark Köln]( Book )

1 edition published in 1997 in German and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Monochromes : from Malevich to the present by Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía( Book )

5 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The first comprehensive study of the modern history of monochrome art, Monochromes traces the development of single-color artwork - painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations - up to the present. With over 160 full-color reproductions, this book examines the fundamental aesthetic issues raised by the monochrome in a historical context."--BOOK JACKET

Magdalena Abakanowicz : nierozpoznani = unrecognized : Cytadela, Poznań by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

3 editions published in 2002 in Polish and English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Künstlerinnen schreiben : ausgewählte Beiträge zur Kunsttheorie aus drei Jahrhunderten( Book )

1 edition published in 2018 in German and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Briefe, Essays oder autobiografische Aufzeichnungen von Künstlerinnen werden in der kunstgeschichtlichen Betrachtung meist nur als sekundäres Quellenmaterial angesehen. Dabei bezeugen die Schriften der in diesem Band versammelten Malerinnen, Bildhauerinnen und Zeichnerinnen eine ähnliche Ausdruckskraft wie das künstlerische Werk. Mit Texten vertreten und von Fachwissenschaftler_innen kommentiert sind Künstlerinnen aus drei Jahrhunderten, von Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun über Paula Modersohn-Becker u.?a. bis hin zu Valie Export. Die Aufzeichnungen, in denen die Künstlerinnen über ihren Zugang zur Kunst, über deren Sinn und Wesen reflektieren, sind aus literaturästhetischer Perspektive bemerkenswert und bieten zugleich eine originelle Ergänzung zum kunsttheoretischen Kanon

Rétrospective : [exhibition from June 14th to July 31st, 1979, at the Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne] by Magdalena Abakanowicz( Book )

2 editions published in 1979 in Undetermined and French and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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