Alina Szapocznikow

(Polish, 1926–1973)

lamp double mouth on phallus by alina szapocznikow

Alina Szapocznikow

Lamp Double Mouth on Phallus, 1967

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sculpture lamp (double mouth on phallus) by alina szapocznikow

Alina Szapocznikow

Sculpture Lamp (Double Mouth on Phallus), 1969

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1926
Born in Kalisz, Poland
1945 - 1946
Training at studio Otokar Velímsky, Prague
1946 - 1947
Artistic Industrial College of studio Josef Wagner, Prague
1948 - 1950
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1973
Died in Praz-Coutant, France

Exhibitions

2010
A vision of Central Europe, curated by Luc Tuymans, Musea Brugge
Alina Szapocznikow, My American Dream, Broadway 1602, New York (solo)
Une Idée, une Forme, un Être – Poésie / Politique du corporel, Migros Museum, Zurich
The Mass Ornament,Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Out of My Mouth: chewing gum sculptures. The Photosculptures of Alina Szapocznikow, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (solo)
Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
The promises of the Past 1950 – 2010, A discontinuous history of art in former eastern Europe, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Sculptures and Drawings 1955-1971, Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany (solo)
The Photographic Object, The Photographer’s Gallery, London
Awkward Objects, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw