BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- New York Avenue Sculpture Project -- Magdalena Abakanowicz

DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- New York Avenue Sculpture Project -- Magdalena Abakanowicz:

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Description of Pictures: Magdalena Abakanowicz
Sep 27, 2014 - Sep 27, 2015
This installation included a range of figurative works by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. Her monumentally-scaled sculptures of grouped human figures and birds in flight exemplify issues universal to humankind: the power of nature, the force of destruction and the resiliency of hope. Abakanowicz’s art is often inspired by her experiences and observations during World War II and its repressive postwar climate.

The New York Avenue Sculpture Project is the only public art space featuring changing installations of contemporary works by women artists in Washington, D.C.
The Sculpture Project illustrates the museum’s long-term commitment to the artistic beautification of New York Avenue, fostering a vibrant new identity for the neighborhood just east of the White House. Established in in 2010, the evolving public art program is a collaboration between the museum, the Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID), the DC Office of Planning, and other local agencies.

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1. NYASP_150827_071.JPG: New York Avenue Sculpture Project Women in the Arts The Sculpture Project: The New York Avenue Sculpture Project is a public art program of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The dynamic project brings to Washington, D.C., major sculptures by important contemporary women artists. Each artist's sculptures will be on view for approximately one to two years and then will be replaced by another artist's works. The artists' inventive compositions and innovative use of materials stand in contrast to more traditional sculptural monuments seen throughout the nation's capital.
2. NYASP_150827_084.JPG: New York Avenue Sculpture Project Magdalena Abakanowicz The Artist: A powerful source of inspiration for Magdalena Abakanowicz (b. 1930) is her experience of World War II and repressive postwar regimes in Poland, where she lives and works. Her sculptures extend from her biography but also explore the broader human condition. The textured surfaces of Abakanowicz's steel and bronze outdoor sculptures (cast from burlap, wood, or plaster) demonstrate her preference for earthy, expressive materials. The Sculptures: Abakanowicz typically develops a motif among numerous sculptures that are grouped together. Although objects appear similar, individual sculptures feature unique proportions and surface textures. This installation of the Sculpture Project presents a selection of Abakanowicz's abstracted human figures and birds that seem to stand, walk, and fly along New York Avenue, their journeys echoed by drivers and pedestrians moving down the street.
3. NYASP_150827_087.JPG: Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Second Never Seen Figure On Beam with Wheels, 2001, bronze. Disks and wheels on Abakanowicz's sculptures signify transition or dislocation. The squared-off axle here appears more like a balance beam. The figure atop the beam stands straight and tall, exuding strength and dignity, but its heals and toes extend precariously beyond the beam's edges.
4. NYASP_150827_089.JPG: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Walking Figures, 2009, bronze. Abakanowicz uses fragments of the body to evoke a range of moods and ideas. Sculpted without heads or arms, these striding figures may alternately be perceived as powerful and aggressive, or wounded or intrepid. Cast in bronze from fabric models, the monumental figures are also shell-like, suggesting the resilience -- and fragility -- of the human spirit.
5. NYASP_150827_092.JPG: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Stainless Bird on Pole I, II, and III, all 2009, stainless steel. Constructed from welded pieces of stainless steel, Abakanowicz's colossal birds appear to be avian hybrids, both biological and mechanical in nature. Although the artist finds inspiration in organic forms, she notes, "My imagination produces forms which are not needed in the world of nature."
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Description of Subject Matter: New York Avenue Sculpture Project
New York Ave NW
between 12th & 13th
www.nmwa.org/sculptureproject/

The New York Avenue Sculpture Project is the first and only major outdoor sculpture corridor in the Nation’s capital, featuring changing installations of world-class art by women.
This private-public partnership spearheaded by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) was developed in collaboration with the DC Office of Planning and the Downtown BID.
The Sculpture Project is a revitalization initiative that will change the face of downtown New York Avenue, N.W. between 13th and 9th streets so that it once again becomes a destination point. Not only will this new public art space transform the downtown D.C. area, but it will also promote cultural tourism and provide free access to the arts for the community.
The above is from http://www.downtowndc.org/go/new-york-avenue-sculpture-project
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