Coordinator: <\/strong>Gabriela Kuleczko<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibition design: <\/strong>Marta Staszk\u00f3w<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The brutal forms of Alina Szapocznikow\u2019s works \u2013 jagged, deformed figures \u2013 and the naturalism of her polyester casts are characterised by a powerful expressiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the sculptor began with a style characteristic of Socialist Realism, interpreting it entirely in her own way. Over time, she moved very far away from the Socialist Realist convention. Through her work, she processed the painful memories of the war years \u2013 she was a teenage prisoner in concentration camps and lost some of her loved ones as a result of the Holocaust. In 1969, she was diagnosed with breast cancer \u2013 from then on, in a bold manner unprecedented in art, she referred directly and honestly to her illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite these dramatic experiences, in her works she sought to emphasise the sensual and erotic aspects of human existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the heart of Alina Szapocznikow\u2019s work lies the body, which serves as a conduit for both dramatic stories and sensual pleasure. The body \u2013 one\u2019s own and that of another; the face, from which, as in *Herbarium*, one can read the full spectrum of emotions and the depth of symbolism. The exhibition is intended to affect the viewer almost haptically \u2013 despite the impossibility of touching the artworks, it aims to create a sense of physical closeness. The small exhibition space allows for a truly personal connection between the audience and Szapocznikow\u2019s sensibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agata Ma\u0142odobry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curator: <\/strong>Agata Ma\u0142odobry<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coordinator: <\/strong>Gabriela Kuleczko<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibition design: <\/strong>Marta Staszk\u00f3w<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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