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Installation view of burlap and resin sculptures and a textile work by Magdalena Abakanowicz

Rows of legs stand guard like the terracotta warriors found in the tombs of Chinese emperors. Unlike those grand sculptures these are rougher and made from humble materials such as burlap. These materials were often all that was available to her in Soviet controlled Poland and it gives these sculptures a rough edge, representing everyday people rather than some monument to a great person.

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