Magdalena Abakanowicz
Falenty, Poland, 1930 - 2017, Warsaw, Poland
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Magdalena Abakanowicz (born June 20, 1930, in Falenty, Poland) is a Polish sculptor. She is notable for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium. She was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland from 1965 to 1990 and a visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. Abakanowicz currently lives and works in Warsaw.
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Brooklyn, NY, 1909 - 1970, Woodstock, NY
