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Magdalena Abakanowicz
Magdalena Abakanowicz was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. Known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and for outdoor installations, Abakanowicz has been considered among the most influential Polish artists of the postwar era. She worked as a professor of studio art at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, from 1965 to 1990, and as a visiting professor at University of Califo…
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culture · Polish sculptor (1930–2017) · sculptor · textile artist · athletics competitor · university teacher · designer · architectural drafter · painter · performance artist · artist · teacher · also Magdalena Abakanowicz, Magdalena Abakanowicz Kosmowski, Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska, Magdelena Abakanowicz, Abakanowicz
Born 20 June 1930 · Died 20 April 2017 · Q158080
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2026· 2 entries
Hyperallergic: Magdalena Abakanowicz Sculpted the Collective Body
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2023· 2 entries
Yahoo: Magdalena Abakanowicz honoured with Google Doodle on 93rd birthday
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Mint: Google Doodle celebrates the 93rd birthday of Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope review – a wonder weaver
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wallpaper: Talk of the town: Wrocław remembers artist Magdalena Abakanowicz
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2021· 1 entry
When in October another of her works known as Crowd III (1989) fetched 13
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2019· 2 entries
And was exhibited in an exhibition titled Resist/Release
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Her work featuring humanoid sculptures entitled Caminando, from the private collection of Robin Williams, set a new record at auction for an artwork sold in Poland by fetching 8 million zlotys (ca
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2017· 4 entries
culture.pl: Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Most Famous Sculptures
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Artnet: Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Haunting Sculptures to Take Over Polish City in Sprawling Retrospective
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Yahoo: Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz dies at age 86
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Died 2017-04-20.
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2011· 1 entry
culture.pl: Unrecognized - Magdalena Abakanowicz
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2010).
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2005· 1 entry
Won Golden Medal for Merit to Culture (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2004).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1998).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Herder Prize (1979).
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1969· 1 entry
At the Museum of Modern Art in New York by Mildred Constantine, curator of architecture and design, and the textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen
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1967· 1 entry
Began producing three-dimensional fiber works called Abakans
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1966· 1 entry
“total obliteration of the utilitarian function of tapestry”
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1960· 1 entry
Signaled her emergence in the Polish textile and fiber design movement
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1956· 2 entries
Marked a significant turning point in Abakanowicz's career
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Under the new party leadership of Władysław Gomułka, Poland experienced a dramatic social and cultural shift during the Polish October
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1950· 1 entry
Abakanowicz moved back to Warsaw to begin her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts there, the leading art school in Poland
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1949· 1 entry
Abakanowicz attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Sopot (now in Gdańsk)
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-06-20.
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