Exhibition on at Tate Modern until 21 May 2023
Abakanowicz brought natural fibres to the attention of the art world and developed an intensely personal artistic language. Her environmental attitudes, such as her wish to work and live in harmony with nature, are particularly timely today.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Abakanowicz participated in an increasing number of international exhibitions. She referred to her installations as ‘situations’ and later as ‘environments’ into which she introduced found elements alongside her hand-woven forms. The artist was interested in the immersive and performative possibilities of each arrangement in a particular space, lighting the artworks to produce dramatic shadows on the surrounding walls.
The works presented in the in this exhibition are grouped together to echo some of Abakanowicz’s own installations.
They also recall her interest in the forest’s ability to provide shelter. ‘The Abakans..! she stated, “.. were my escape from categories
in art, they could not be classified. Larger than me, they were safe like the hollow trunk of the old willow I could enter as a child in search of hidden secrets.”
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