Like a Flaming Comet : The Rise of Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Netherlands ?

2018

Boek; 8 p ill

In: Textile Cloth and Culture, Vol. 16, no.2 (August), 2018

Artikel over de tentoonstellingen van de Poolse kunstenares Magdalena Abakonicz, in het bijzonder in het Van Abbemuseum te Eindhoven (1965 en 1968) en haar wandkleed voor het Provinciehuis te 's-Hertogenbosch (1970-1971). - After her success at the first Biennales of Lausanne, Magdalena Abakanowicz’s name soared like a comet. Her gallery in Lausanne played a major role in this, and in 1968 organized a solo exhibition with three-dimensional sculptures of sisal (Abakans) traveling through a large part of Northern Europe. Prior to this show, a group exhibition of Polish tapestries, including works of Abakanowicz, traveled through Germany and the Netherlands (1964–1965). Both exhibitions were shown in Eindhoven at the Van Abbemuseum thanks to the energetic young director Jean Leering. More or less simultaneously with the solo, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam organized the international exhibition Perspectief in textiel (1969) in which Abakanowicz participated with three large works. Curator Wil Bertheux was responsible for both the layout and design of the exhibition. The show was a major success, a landmark in the history of the fiber art movement. At the same time and again thanks to the support of Jean Leering, Abakanowicz got an important commission for the decoration of the reception room of the new Provinciehuis in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The enormous environment Bois le Duc (1970–1971), measuring more than 71 inches x 24 inches, is considered one of her most imposing art works.

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