Tracing a body of work by Alina Szapocznikow from 1962 to 1972 this book considers pivotal
turning points in the Polish artist?s life and career. It considers her experimental approach
to materials ranging from plaster and bronze to her groundbreaking use of polyester resin in
the mid-1960s. Szapocznikow?s oeuvre maps her engagement with the human form using body
casting and particularly through the lens of her own body as it transformed from healthy to
ailing. Featuring new photography the publication aims to render the tactility and spatiality
of these works in brilliant new detail.
