Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz (Polish pronunciation: [maɡdaˈlɛna abakaˈnɔvit͡ʂ]; 20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) 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 California, Los Angeles in 1984. She was born to a noble landowning family in Falenty, near Warsaw, before the outbreak of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magdalena Abakanowicz has received more than 804,728 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Magdalena Abakanowicz is the 61st most popular sculptor (up from 67th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Poland (down from 344th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Sculptor.

Magdalena Abakanowicz was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist known for her large-scale sculptures and installations that explore themes of humanity, vulnerability, and the collective experience. She is renowned for her use of materials such as burlap and resin, and her notable works include the "Abakans" series and the iconic sculpture "Aggregation."