Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 to 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist known for using textiles as a sculptural medium and for large outdoor installations, considered among the most influential Polish artists of the postwar era. She taught studio art as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, from 1965 to 1990, and served as a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1984.
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Magdalena Abakanowicz (Polish pronunciation: [maɡdaˈlɛna abakaˈnɔvit͡ʂ] aba-ka-NO-vich; 20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist.
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was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist.
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Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz (married name Kosmowska) was born to a noble landowning family in the village of Falenty, near Warsaw.
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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.
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Her one-person exhibit at the Kordegarda Gallery in Warsaw in 1960 signaled her emergence in the Polish textile and fiber design movement.
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