Igor Mitoraj
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File:Igor Mitoraj (15434967636).jpg
Mitoraj in 2014
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Born | Oederan, Germany |
March 26, 1944
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris, France |
Nationality | Polish |
Igor Mitoraj (March 26, 1944 – October 6, 2014) was a Polish artist born in Oederan, Germany.[1]
Biography
Mitoraj studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Art under Tadeusz Kantor. After graduating, he had several joint exhibitions, and held his first solo exhibition in 1967 at the Krzysztofory Gallery in Poland. In 1968, he moved to Paris to continue his studies at the National School of Art.
Shortly afterwards, he became fascinated by Latin American art and culture, spending a year painting and travelling around Mexico. The experience led him to take up sculpture.
He returned to Paris in 1974 and two years later he held another major solo exhibition at the Gallery La Hune, including some sculptural work. The success of the show persuaded him that he was first and foremost a sculptor.
Having previously worked with terracotta and bronze, a trip to Carrara, Italy, in 1979 turned him to using marble as his primary medium and in 1983 he set up a studio in Pietrasanta. In 2006, he created the new bronze doors and a statue of John the Baptist for the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome.
In 2003 he returned to Poland.
In 2005 he received the Golden Medal of Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis[2] 2012 he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[3]
Style
Mitoraj's sculptural style is rooted in the classical tradition with its focus on the well modelled torso. However, Mitoraj introduced a post-modern twist with ostentatiously truncated limbs, emphasising the damage sustained by most genuine classical sculptures.
Gallery
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Igor Mitoraj Gambe Alate.jpg
Gambe Alate (bronze), 2002, exhibition in Kraków, Poland, 2003 r.
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Testa Addormentata.jpg
Testa Addormentata located in Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London.
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London Mitoraj.jpg
Luci di Nara, at the main entrance of the British Museum in 2002.
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Centurione III Mitoraj Regensburg (2).JPG
Centurione III, 1992, Regensburg, Germany.
References
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External links
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- Emociones da Trajano. Video by Leandro Manuel Emede shot in Roma at Mercati di Traiano
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- (Polish) Igor Mitoraj. Rzeźba i rysunek
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- Contini Art UK
- Igor Mitoraj at Art Gallery Katarzyna Napiórkowska in Poland
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- 1944 births
- 2014 deaths
- Polish sculptors
- Modern sculptors
- Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni
- Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis