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Igor Mitoraj (born 1944) is a Polish artist born in Oederan , Germany.
He studied painting at the Cracow School of Art and at the Cracow Academy of Art under Tadeusz Kantor. After graduating, he had several joint exhibitions, and held is first solo exhibition in 1967 at the Krystofory Gallery in Poland. In 1968 moved to the Paris to continue his studies at the National School of Art.
Shortly aftwards he became fascinated by the art and culture of South America, spending a year painting and travelling around Mexico. The experience lead him to take up sculpture.
He returned to Paris in 1974 and two years later he held another major solo exhibition at the Gallery La Hune , including some sculptural work. The success of the show persuaded him that he was first and foremost a sculptor.
Having previously worked in terracotta and bronze, a trip to Carrara, Italy, in 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. turned him to using marble as his primary medium and in 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu he set up a studio in Pietrasanta .
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Mitoraj's sculptural style is heavily rooted in the classicalThe word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. For example, the Greek and Latin languages, classical architecture and the cult of the Olympian gods. See also Greek mythology and Rom tradition with its focus on the well model torso. However, Mitoraj introduces and post-modern twist with ostentatiously truncated limbs emphasising the damage sustained by most genuine classical sculptures.