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Maria Bartuszová
Abstract
This beautiful exhibition book on Slovak artist Maria Bartuszová (1936–1996) introduces readers to the ethereal and other-worldly forms that dominate her oeuvre, as well as exploring her influence in a broader global and political context.
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Discovering her talent in Prague in the ceramic studios at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Bartuszová went on to pioneer the techniques used in experimental and abstract plaster casting. Creating unique methods such as ‘gravistimulated’ and ‘pneumatic’ casting, Bartuszová defined the world of sculpture on her own terms. From rain drops and eggs, to parts of the human body, Bartuszová was interested biomorphology and how she could use the organic nature of casting in plaster to create simultaneously solid and delicate works.
With around 100 works, many rarely exhibited before in the UK, the Tate Modern major retrospective highlights the abstract sculptures and experimental methods of Bartuszová’s beautifully contorted and organic shapes and forms, and this exquisite and accessible catalogue brings her work to a wider audience.
Celebrating the fragile and corporeal, the soft and the solid; this book provides the perfect introduction to the artist followed by seminal texts to recognise the artist’s legacy of experimental and abstract sculptural works produced predominantly in the context of socialist Czechoslovakia.
With contributions from Gabriela Garlatyová, Marie Klimešová, Harald Krejci, Lucia Gregorová Stach and Lisa Le Feuvre. [Fonte : editore]
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