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Igor Mitoraj (b. 1944) is a renowned Polish sculptor, presently working in Italy. After completing his studies in Krakow, he moved to Paris in 1968 with the aim of pursuing his artistic career. In Paris he enrolled in the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, but after a year-long trip to Mexico decided to leave painting behind to fully embrace sculpture. Following a trip to Carrara in 1979, Igor Mitoraj began to experiment with marble, and subsequently opened a studio in Pietrasanta, Italy, in 1983. Igor Mitoraj's belief in pars pro toto (part for the whole) is evident in all of his works. His classically-inspired sculptures are broken, crippled and torn apart. When in front of one of his overwhelming works, the observer is left compelled to question the artwork and interact with it. This can be defined as a dialogue between Modernity and Antiquity, as his impressive sculptures wish to evoke the essence of the beauty of Antiquity, but at the same time impersonate the time that has passed, conveying the message that what is left for us, the modern spectators, to admire, are only remnants of the glorious past. When confronted with Igor Mitoraj's works, the onlooker might be left questioning whether the fragmented sculptures could be read as an allegory of the fragility of the human condition.
Igor Mitoraj (b. 1944)
Double bust
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Igor Mitoraj (b. 1944)
Double bust
incised artist's signature, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'MITORAJ 5/6' (lower edge)
bronze with green patina
16 x 21¾ x 15 3/8 in. (40.7 x 55.2 x 39 cm.)
This work is number five from an edition of six
Double bust
incised artist's signature, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'MITORAJ 5/6' (lower edge)
bronze with green patina
16 x 21¾ x 15 3/8 in. (40.7 x 55.2 x 39 cm.)
This work is number five from an edition of six
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