Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone @ MOMA

The sculpture exhibit @ the MOMA of Szapocznikow's work is fearless & fun.  A difficult name to pronounce but a name to make note of (I was not familiar with her work.)  Perhaps, because of her death @ a young age (47) or because she was so provacative at the time, her work has not received the notoriety it deserves.  Despite her untimely death, her work is prolific and transformed numerous styles from Surrealism, Nouveau Realisme and Pop Art.  Szcapocnikow shunned publicity and chose to let her work do her talking.  Lips are a dominant feature in her sculptures as are female breasts and and phallic symbols.  Her Goldfinger sculpture impressed Marcel Duchamp to nominate her for the Copley Art Prize which she was awarded.  The exhibit has sculptures formed in a cornucopia of materials: plaster, bronze, styrofoam, iron pipes, marble, polyester resin & chewing gum.  She chewed gum and then photographed her wads of gum in their various forms.  I say phooey to the chewy, but applaud her work that is both horrifying & hilarious.  People were laughing as they went by many of the sculptures.  Don't let this incredible exhibit pass you by.  Alina Szapocznikow - a name and an exhibit to remember.