Artists
Igor Mitoraj
Igor Mitoraj, studied at the Art School and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with Tadeusz Kantor. After some group exhibitions, in 1967 he held his first solo exhibition at the Krzysztofory Gallery. The following year he left for Paris to continue his studies at the Ecole Nationale d’Art.
Selected Artwork
Testa addormentata, 1980 - 1990
Marble
130 x 100 x 80 cm
51 1/8 x 39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in
Elegie pour Rome, 1986
Bronze and marble
118 x 400 x 35 cm
46 1/2 x 157 1/2 x 13 3/4 in
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Biography
Igor Mitoraj (Oederan, Germany, 1944 – 2014), a sculptor of Polish origin, reinterpreted the classical tradition with heads and torsos whose limbs are deliberately truncated, a gesture that gives his work a postmodern air.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków with Tadeusz Kantor and, from 1968, at the École Nationale d’Art in Paris. After a year in Mexico he moved from painting to sculpture and, from 1979, worked mainly in marble, as well as terracotta and bronze.
He had a dedicated room at the Venice Biennale (1986) and was named an honorary citizen of Pietrasanta (2001), the Tuscan town where he set up his studio. His work is presented at Galería Duque Arango.
