Friday, January 15, 2010

Magdalena Abakanowicz




BROWN ABAKANS
1969/1972, sisal weaving
300 x 300 x 350 cm,
collection of the artist



ABAKAN RED 1969
1969, sisal weaving on metal support
300 x 300 x 100 cm
Collection of the Museum Bellerive, Zurich



ABAKAN ROUND
1967, sisal weaving on metal support
300 x 100 x 100 cm
Collection of the artist

3 BROWN ABAKANS
1969/1972, sisal weaving
300 x 300 x 350 cm




I think this photo of Magdalena Abakanowicz working on her "Abakans" is so beautiful.


The texture of the weaving is so lucsious and the golden colour of the weaving she is working on in contrast to her black outfit is gorgeous.  I love pattern of the hardwood floor. Her website talks about how her Abakans (she named them after herself) are more than just objects but are also actual spaces to explore and experience.  Reading about that made me even more curious about their texture, weight and internal structure.  I wonder if there is a rigid skeleton in some of them. I also wonder how she actually weaved them. 

Posted by lazer at 8:24 PM

2 comments:

  1. robotikaFebruary 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    I just picked up a book that includes a great profile of abakanowicz called "beyond craft: the art fabric". It is a beautiful art book full of avant garde textile and fiber artists. There are some beautiful color pictures of her work and details about how she weaves.

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  2. FrakusAugust 9, 2010 at 2:34 AM

    Her work is divine...just love the scale they worked on back then just dont see it anymore (do you?) i was inspired during my studies after finding the above book 'beyond craft...' to create installations of course nowhere near Magdalena s level of technique...lovely Blog

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