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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope
November 17, 2022 - May 21, 2023
Tate Modern:
Bankside, London
SE1 9TG, UK

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/magdalena-abakanowicz

Hanging from the ceiling like eerie apparitions, the late Polish sculptor’s ghostly Abakans have lost none of their power despite being first exhibited in the 1960s. Woven using sisal, wool, hemp rope, and organic materials, each textile work is subtly autobiographical, referencing crucial junctures in Abakanowicz’s life. Two free-hanging cloth sculptures recall encroaching Soviet censorship while she studied at Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts; others recall her mother’s violent assault by Soviet forces. They come together in a forest-like display that casts ominous shadows throughout the gallery, which caused one critic to “audibly gasp.”

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