Opening reception: ‘To Exalt the Ephemeral: Alina Szapocznikow, 1962 – 1972’

In a brief but explosively inventive career, Alina Szapocznikow (1926 – 1973) radically re-conceptualised sculpture as a vehicle for exploring, liberating and declaring bodily experience. Join us for the opening reception of ‘To Exalt the Ephemeral: Alina Szapocznikow, 1962 – 1972,’ which reveals the full expressive potential of this pioneering Polish artist’s work through the material innovations she made during the last decade of her life. The exhibition is the first solo presentation of Szapocznikow’s work in the UK since her acclaimed exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2017. A version of this travelling exhibition was first shown at Hauser & Wirth in New York in late 2019. A new title from Hauser & Wirth Publishers features essays by Margot Norton and Pavel Pyś and gives further insights into the work of this remarkable artist.