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Over the years I have walked with the Walking Figures and felt the presence of the sculptor who created them Magdalena AbakanowiczSituated near the busy Vancouver street corner of Broadway and Cambie surrounded by the noise of construction and progress these 9-foot tall monumental headless cast iron figures challenge me to consider my place. She was known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and her outdoor installations. Magdalena Abakanowicz Magdalena Abakanowicz Figurative Sculpture Famous Art 1988 The World of Art Today May 6August. Magdalena abakanowicz art . Born in 1930 to an aristocratic Polish family Magdalena Abakanowicz experienced an isolated childhood on her familys estate outside Warsaw Poland. She began making abstract fiber works in the 1950s when her government was advocating social realism. Magdalena Abakanowicz is a Polish artist famous creating Abakans - unique sculptures of almost identical humanoids made textil. Magdalena Abakanowicz has had over 150 ...