At Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer ’24 show at Paris Fashion Week last week, the runway featured an unusual backdrop: woven fiber sculptures by the late 20th-century artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. The focus on the artist follows the Tate Modern’s recent retrospective on Abakanowicz, which will soon tour to the Henie Onstad Art Center in Oslo.
Spotlit like jewels in the fashion show’s darkened atmosphere were five “Abakans,” woven sculptures that gained notoriety in the 1960s and ’70s for their anatomical references. The installation was overseen by Mary Jane Jacob, co-director of the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation. Jacob highlighted the historical significance of these works, stating they were “towering, bloated, brooding, gnarly—and magnificently beautiful.”
Among the pieces displayed was Abakan—Situation Variable (1970-71), a 4-meter-high work that was exhibited for the first time in 50 years at the Tate show earlier this year. Also featured was Abakan Violet (1969), a sculpture previously not shown outside the U.S., which has labia-like folds and flaps. Two segments of Monumental Composition (1973-75), each 10 meters long, made their first appearance outside of Poland.
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