Women. Sketches for the Corsets

Maria Pinińska-Bereś

Women. Sketches for the Corsets, 195729.5 x 41.8cmSign in to view price
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This whimsical drawing employs muted pastel shades to depict two nude human figures in a dreamlike, abstract composition. The prominent use of soft, flowing lines and the ambiguous, symbolic nature of the subjects suggest an expressionistic style, inviting the viewer to interpret the piece through their own subjective lens. The artist's intention appears to be evoking a sense of mysticism and the human form's natural beauty, alluding to themes of the subconscious and the ethereal nature of the human experience. ...

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Maria Pinińska-Bereś
Artist
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
B.1958, Polish

Polish sculptor and performance artist Maria Pinińska-Bereś (1931-1999) played an active role in shaping the artistic community of Kraków. Her sculptures initially followed the modernist trend popular among Polish artists during the Thaw, a period of de-Stalinization in the late 1950s. She gradually transformed her style and developed her own unique aesthetic in the mid-1960s, this is seen in Lady with a Bird (1964), in which she added small quilted blankets to concrete sculptures. Later, this aesthetic incorporated new materials such as paper maché, linen, burlap, leather, and plywood, and primarily used white, pink, and yellow tones, evident in her Corset and Psycho-Small-Furniture series created in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Pinińska-Bereś began exploring femininity and the various cultural oppressions experienced by women in the mid-1960s, these insights and experiences were then translated and embedded into her practice. Her art then predominantly featured pink, soft, stuffed cotton forms, as seen in her work Sea Foam-Arisen (1977), which remained consistent throughout her life. ...

Maria Pinińska-Bereś: Artworks
Dancing woman
Maria Pinińska-BereśDancing woman, 1950
41.5 x 29.3cm
Dream
Maria Pinińska-BereśDream, 1955
41.5 x 29.4cm
Untitled
Maria Pinińska-BereśUntitled, 1950
41.9 x 29.8cm
Laundry II
Maria Pinińska-BereśLaundry II, 1981
17.3 x 23cm
The Banner
Maria Pinińska-BereśThe Banner, 1980
15.8 x 22.8cm
Women. Sketches for the Corsets
Untitled ("Anna, Anna")
Maria Pinińska-BereśUntitled ("Anna, Anna"), 1956
41.5 x 29.5cm
Mme Récamier
Window and Demons II
Maria Pinińska-BereśWindow and Demons II, 1996
82 x 44 x 11cm
Smudged With the Sky
Maria Pinińska-BereśSmudged With the Sky, 1985
135 x 192 x 110cm
I'll Give You a Fern Flower
Maria Pinińska-BereśI'll Give You a Fern Flower, 1988
170 x 105 x 48cm
Window in Spring
Maria Pinińska-BereśWindow in Spring, 1976
145 x 206 x 53cm
Window with Small Clouds
Maria Pinińska-BereśWindow with Small Clouds, 1990
85 x 45 x 10cm
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Passage Beyond the Quilt
Maria Pinińska-BereśPassage Beyond the Quilt, 1979
23.5 x 23.5cm
Sabbath
Maria Pinińska-BereśSabbath, 1987
90 x 277 x 51cm
The approach
Gallery
The approach
London

The Approach is co-directed by Jake Miller and Emma Robertson. Located in Bethnal Green above The Approach Tavern, for over twenty years it has operated an internationally recognised programme from its East London base. The gallery is known for discovering artists and establishing their careers as well as making inter-generational curated group shows a strong focus. The list of represented artists includes the Estates of important overlooked female artists Heidi Bucher and Maria Pinińska Bereś, as well as seminal British collage artist John Stezaker, together with established and emerging artists including Magali Reus, Peter Davies, Lisa Oppenheim, Sandra Mujinga, Pam Evelyn, Sara Cwynar, Sam Windett and Caitlin Keogh. Over the years the gallery has operated parallel programmes in additional gallery spaces in London’s West End (The Approach W1) and in Shoreditch (The Reliance). The gallery is currently based solely in its original East End location and continues to expand its programme, showcasing its represented artists in the main gallery space, and both represented and non-represented artists in The Annexe, a smaller, more experimental space at the back of the building. ...

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