Abakanowics, Magdalena

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Abakanowics, Magdalena

• By Miad Emadi

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Biography

• Magdalena Abakanowicz (born june 20,1930) is an
  abstract polish artist. She is notable for her
  use of textiles as a sculptural medium.Born in
  Falenty, Poland she attended the Academy in
  Warsaw between 1950 and 1955. A notable shift is
  made in her work in 1960 from traditional
  sculpture to

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Biography Cont

• chiefly rope and burlap. Her initial work in this
  medium was through dying rope and forming reliefs
  - but this soon moved into true sculpture. Her
  early exhibitions include that at the Galerie
  Kordegarda in 1960 and at the International
  Tapestry Bienr in Lausaune in 1962. She won a
  gold medal at the Sao Pauolo Bien in 1965. She
  has since been a teacher and professor

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• http//www.ambasadapoljska.hr/img/45.jpg
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• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Abakanowicz
  
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