Tapta
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192 pages
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1 November 2024
Summary
Supple sculptures
This book is a comprehensive tribute to the Polish-Belgian artist Tapta (Maria Wierusz-Kowalska). Her work transcends traditional artistic boundaries, captivating audiences with her innovative exploration of fluid spaces and dynamic interactions. Her work, an important contribution to twentieth century sculpture, is essentially divided into two major sections: the textile works of the 1960s to 1980s and the subsequent neoprene works of the last years…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783775757669 |
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| ISBN-10: | 377575766X |
| Author: | Harald Pridgar, Liesbeth Decan |
| Publisher: | Hatje Cantz |
| Imprint: | Hatje Cantz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 165mm x 240mm |
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Harald Pridgar
Tapta (1926-1997) was born in Poland and came to Belgium as a political refugee with her husband, Krzysztof Wierusz-Kowalski, after taking part in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. She studied weaving at the La Cambre National School of Visual Arts, Brussels, graduating in 1949. Shortly afterwards, the couple moved to the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), where they lived from 1950 to 1960.
On their return to Belgium in 1960, Tapta worked in Brussels as an artist until her sudden death in 1997. From 1976 until 1990, she also served as a professor at La Cambre.
Includes texts by Sarah Van Beurden, Greet Billet, Ann Coxon, Liesbeth Decan, Marta Kowalewska, Marika Kuzmicz, Virginie Mamet, Sergio Martins, Anda Rottenberg, and Camiel van Winkel.
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