Poznan

Abakanowicz's '5 Figures'

  ul. Zwierzyniecka ,   Jeżyce         05 Jul 2024
Along the sidewalk of Zwierzyniecka and Roosevelt Streets, near the southwest side of Rondo Kaponiera, you’ll find five monumental works of art by Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) - a sculptor and fibre artist considered to be one of the most influential post-war Polish artists. A professor at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań for 25 years, her work can be seen in several places around the city, including the atrium of the University of Fine Arts, and the Museum of Applied Arts. These 185cm headless cast-iron figures are typical of her later work, and represent our self-focussed 21st-century society, in which everyone goes their own way, blind to their surroundings and the needs of others. If you think these are impressive, you can see 112 such figures clustered together in a massive installation at the centre of Citadel Park.

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