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Magdalena Abakanowicz (Polish, 1930)
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Magdalena Abakanowicz
Kacper, 2002
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Magdalena Abakanowicz
Seated Boy
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Magdalena Abakanowicz
Two Female Figures, 2002
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Biography |
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1930 |
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Born in Falenty, Poland |
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1950 - 1954 |
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Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland |
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1965 |
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Grand Prix of Săo Paolo Biennale, Săo Paolo, Brazil |
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1979 |
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Gottfried bon Herder Prize, Vienna, Austria |
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1982 |
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Alfred Jurzykowski Prize, New York |
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1993 |
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Award for Distinction in Sculpture, granted by the Sculpture Center, New York, New York |
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1997 |
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Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts, Mexico |
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1998 |
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Commander Cross, Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta |
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1999 |
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Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France |
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2000 |
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Visionaries Award granted by the American Craft Museum, New York, New York |
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2000 |
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, Pratt Institute, New York, New York |
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2004 |
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Awarded the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 2004 |
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2005 |
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Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the International Sculpture Center in New York |
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2005 |
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Award granted by the Polish Ministry of Culture |
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2005 |
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Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the International Sculpture Center in New York |
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Collections: The Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Detroit Institute of Arts; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg, Germany |
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2009 |
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Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (forthcoming) (solo) |
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2007 |
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Magdalena Abakanowicz, Taguchi Fine Art, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan, November 1 – December 22 (solo) |
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2007 |
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Sculptures et Dessins, Marlborough Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, October 5 – November 24. (solo) |
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2007 |
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Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, March 6 – 31, 2007. |
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2007 |
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Wack ! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, March 4 – July 16, 2007 |
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2006 |
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Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York |
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2005 |
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Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, Salamanca, Spain, May 13 - August 28 |
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2005 |
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Space to Experience: The Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (solo) |
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2005 |
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La Foule V, Galerie Saint-Séverin, Paris, France (solo) |
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2005 |
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Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (solo) |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Backward Seated Figures, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (solo) |
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2004 |
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Mutation and Crystallization, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia (solo) |
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2004 |
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Monocromos de Malevich al presente. Museo Nacioal Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain |
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2003 |
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Skin: Contemporary Views of the Body, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida |
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2003 |
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Dancing Figures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England (solo) |
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2002 |
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Museum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland (solo) |
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2002 |
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La Parade des Animaux, Festival International de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco |
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2001 |
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In Between - Art from Poland, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois |
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2001 |
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Space to Experience, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Point State Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (solo) |
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2000 |
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Working Process, Guiliano Gori Collection, Spazi d’Arte, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy (solo) |
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2000 |
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L’Homme qui Marche, Les Jardins du Palais Royale, Paris, France |
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1999 |
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To the Rescue, Eight Artists in an Archive, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York, New York |
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1999 |
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Abakanowicz on the Roof, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (solo) |
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1998 |
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Starmach Gallery, Kraków, Poland (solo) |
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1997 |
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Summer 1997 Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey |
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1996 |
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Les Champs de la Sculpture, Paris, France |
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1996 |
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Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France (solo) |
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1995 |
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Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy After Auschwitz, Royal Festival Hall, London, England |
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1995 |
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Els Jardins de Can Altamira, Barcelona, Spain (solo) |
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1994 |
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Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland; traveled to Muzeum Sztuki, Lódz, Poland (solo) |
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1994 |
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Europa, Europa, Kunsthalle, Bonn, Germany |
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1993 |
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The Fujisankei Biennale, International Exhibition for Contemporary Sculpture, Japan |
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1993 |
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Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krakow, Poland (solo) |
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1992 |
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…Reperti…Environment through the Eyes of 18 of the Worlds Major Artists, Museo Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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1991 |
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Retrospective exhibition, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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1988 |
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Olympiad of Art, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, South Korea |
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