Culture.pl presents a unique video about Szapocznikow's life and work made by Krzysztof Tchórzewski soon after the artist's death

 

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After the war, Szapocznikow began working in a rather classical manner, whilst her later experimentation and redefinition of sculpture left behind a legacy of provocative objects, at once sexualized, visceral and humorous, that sit somewhere between Surrealism, Nouveau Réalisme and Pop Art. Her tinted polyester resin casts of her lips and breasts transformed into quotidian objects, her spongy polyurethane forms often embedded with casts of bellies, and her construction of resin sculptures that incorporate found photographs remain as remarkably biting, visionary, and original today as when they were first made. With roughly 100 pieces on view, the exhibition puts Szapocznikow's sculpture centre stage alongside all other media she worked in, including photography and drawing.

The Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art in Brussels is hosting a broad retrospective of works by Alina Szapocznikow as part of the Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency, presenting a range of pieces created by the renowned Polish artist betweeen 1955-1972. "Sculpture Undone" is one of the first major solo presentations of the artist’s work outside of Poland. It concentrates on her most experimental period in the 1960s and 1970s. The show runs between the 9th of September, 2011 - 12th of January, 2012.

Curators: Elena Filipovic & Joanna Mytkowska

The exhibition has been organised by the Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw with the support of Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Polish Institute in Brussels.

For more information on the exhbition, see: Alina Szapocznikow Retrospective - Sculpture Undone