ALINA SZAPOCZNIKOW/ SCULPTURE UNDONE, 1955

A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualize d sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but of her own body. Though her career effectively spanned less than two decades (cut s hort by the artist's premature death in 1973 at age 47), Szapocznikow left behind a legacy of provocative objects that evoke Surreal ism, Nouveau Réalisme and Pop art. Her tinted polyester casts of body parts, often transformed into everyday objects like lamps or a shtrays/...[Read more]