Culture.pl presents a unique video about Szapocznikow's life and work made by Krzysztof Tchórzewski - a souvenir of the sculptor's studio in them moments following her death.
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Part II
After the war, Szapocznikow began working in a rather classical manner, whilst her later experimentation and redefinition of sculpture left behind a legacy of provocative objects, at once sexualized, visceral and humorous, that sit somewhere between Surrealism, Nouveau Réalisme and Pop Art. Her tinted polyester resin casts of her lips and breasts transformed into quotidian objects, her spongy polyurethane forms often embedded with casts of bellies, and her construction of resin sculptures that incorporate found photographs remain as remarkably biting, visionary, and original today as when they were first made. With roughly 100 pieces on view, the exhibition puts Szapocznikow's sculpture centre stage alongside all other media she worked in, including photography and drawing.