Magdalena Abakanowicz: Coexistence

Artist: Magdalena Abakanowicz Title: Magdalena Abakanowicz Coexistence Author: Monika Matkowska and Magdalena Abakanowicz Year: 2003 ISBN: 978-8386020171 Publisher: Marlborough Gallery, Inc. Book Format: Paperback, 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches, 36 pages, 25 color plates This catalogue in published on the occasion of the exhibition Magdalena Abakanowicz Coexistence runs from October 7 – November 3, 2003 at Marlborough Gallery. The catalogue features 25 color plates and an essay by Monika Matkowska. “Her most recent figures, Abakanowicz has ‘dressed’ in heads – not human but animal ones. Born from the artist’s imagination rather than from the real world, they carry their snouts or beaks just as one wears a mask during the Venetian carnival, or like an executioner might wear his hood. These facades cover the figures’ true faces and drastically alter their appearance as a whole. The figures seem related to those of Goya’s Caprichos – there too, human bodies were adorned with animal muzzles. Goya’