Igor Mitoraj
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Igor Mitoraj (born 1944) is a Polish artist born in Oederan, Germany.
He studied painting at the Kraków School of Art and at the Kraków Academy of Art under Tadeusz Kantor. After graduating, he had several joint exhibitions, and held is first solo exhibition in 1967 at the Krzysztofory Gallery in Poland. In 1968 he moved to Paris to continue his studies at the National School of Art.
Shortly aftwards he became fascinated by Latin American art and culture, spending a year painting and travelling around Mexico. The experience lead him to take up sculpture.
He returned to Paris in 1974 and two years later he held another major solo exhibition at the Gallery La Hune, including some sculptural work. The success of the show persuaded him that he was first and foremost a sculptor.
Having previously worked in terracotta and bronze, a trip to Carrara, Italy, in 1979 turned him to using marble as his primary medium and in 1983 he set up a studio in Pietrasanta.
[edit] Style
Mitoraj's sculptural style is heavily rooted in the classical tradition with its focus on the well modelled torso. However, Mitoraj introduces a post-modern twist with ostentatiously truncated limbs emphasising the damage sustained by most genuine classical sculptures.
[edit] References
- Biography at continiarte.com
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