Art on the Davidson College Campus: Featured Sculptors and Artists

Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was a Polish artist, best known for her figural sculptures and textile art. Her work often focuses on human bodies, many of which lack heads, limbs, or other physical features. Some stand alone, while others have been arranged in groups. Abakanowicz has held over 40 individual exhibitions across the globe of her nontraditional sculptures and fabric forms.

For more information about Magdalena Abakanowicz, please see the following: 

Abakanowicz, Magdalena. The Group of Ten, 2011. Bronze. Davidson College. Photograph by Bill Giduz. 

Step Inside Magdalena Abakanowicz's Forest of Woven Sculptures from Tate in 2023.

Grounds for Sculpture (2002) video on installations of work by Abakanowicz and other artists from State of the Arts NJ in 2002.

Magdalena Abakanowicz video discussing the artist's work from QUEDEAR in 2011.