{"product_id":"17671-monika-sosnowska","title":"Monika Sosnowska","description":"\u003cFONT style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff\" size=4 face=Arial\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoPlainText style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003eMonika Sosnowska’s (*1972 in Ryki, Poland) monumental work, \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eTower \u003c\/I\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003e(2014), was inspired by designs of the iconic modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The artist begins with a steel section and twists it out of shape to create a sort of reclining figure, a lyrical sculptural object that usurps perfect structural engineering. \u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003eTower\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/I\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003e was fabricated in Michalow Reginow and bended and welded in Wieliszew, Poland, in 2014. It consists of ninety-six windows, thirty-four I-profiles, three hundred and eighty-four handles, and three hundred and eighty-four hinges. The project required about 1.5 kilometers of welding, and the sculpture weighs thirteen tons in total. \u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003eTower\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/I\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003e was subsequently disassembled into forty-nine elements, and shipped to New York, where it was reassembled and unveiled in the gallery space of Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth. This publication follows the sculptor’s process from the initial idea through intermediate steps of fabrication.\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoPlainText style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoPlainText style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=FR style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi'\u003eExhibition: Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth New York 5.9.–25.10.2014\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874853712136,"sku":"9783775739269","price":39.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775739269_02ef9440-36ec-42cd-813b-5cfbca678a86.jpg?v=1744119862","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17671-monika-sosnowska","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}