Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone: 1955 - 1972
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2012 Pages: 216 Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style the Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but of her own body. Though her career effectively spanned less than two decades (cut short by the artist s premature death in 1973 at age 47). Szapocznikow left behind a legacy of provocative objects that evoke Surrealism. Nouveau Ralisme and Pop art. Her tinted polyester casts of body parts. often transformed into everyday objects like lamps or ashtrays; her poured polyurethane forms; and her elaborately constructed sculptures. which at times incorporated photographs. clothing or car parts. all remain as wonderfully idiosyncratic and culturally
Paperback. Pub Date: 2012 Pages: 216 Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style the Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but of her own body. Though her career effectively spanned less than two decades (cut short by the artist s premature death in 1973 at age 47). Szapocznikow left behind a legacy of provocative objects that evoke Surrealism. Nouveau Ralisme and Pop art. Her tinted polyester casts of body parts. often transformed into everyday objects like lamps or ashtrays; her poured polyurethane forms; and her elaborately constructed sculptures. which at times incorporated photographs. clothing or car parts. all remain as wonderfully idiosyncratic and culturally