Exhibition opening at the Stavanger Art Museum in Norway
On Saturday, October 28, 2024, the opening of the exhibition “The Plastic Body. Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening took place at the Stavanger Art Museum in Norway. The exhibition, curated by Vibeca Salthe and Helga Nyman, will last until January 26, 2025. The author of the photographs is Helle Navratil.
The Plastic Body shows works by several Polish artists who challenged traditional conceptions of sculpture in the 1960s and ’70s. At a time when political and patriarchal structures limited the lives of people in Poland, many artists created very radical and political works. Using experimental techniques and new materials that were often sourced from everyday life, they broke away from conventional ideas about the human body. They explored the body as a plastic material, a place for resistance, transformation and freedom.
The exhibition brings together artists who in various ways expanded and renewed the concept of sculpture based on the human body as a motif and theme. The vulnerable, ephemeral, and fragmented body emerges in their works, but so also desire and sensuality. The use of new materials was partly motivated by economic limitations. Textiles, plant seeds, and new plastic materials such as polyester and resin were affordable alternatives to stone and bronze. At the same time, these materials opened up new possibilities for conveying personal experiences and artistic visions that were not only radical in their time but remain highly relevant today.
The exhibition includes works by: Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017), Wanda Czełkowska (1930-2021), Barbara Falender (b. 1947), Zofia Kulik, (b. 1947), Teresa Murak (b. 1949), Ewa Pachucka (1936-2020), Ewa Partum (b. 1945), Maria Pinińska-Bereś (1931-1999), Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973)
https://www.stavangerkunstmuseum.no/en/events/den-plastiske-kroppen/
Photographic documentation of the exhibition by Oskar Hanusek is available in a separate post.
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
“The Plastic Body Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989” exhibition opening, Stavanger Art Museum MUST, Norway (28.09.2024). Photo Helle Navratil
