MAGDA (VITALYOS) ZIMAN

EUR 11,000 + VAT

Structure, 1980

Wool

160 x 100 cm

About this work

This, superficially the flattest of the three works, actually integrates many small volumetric elements: woven and wicker wool structures are pierced by a series of cords, details from which appear on the surface as myriad knots of thread. The resulting structure, while principally abstract, is evocative at both micro and macroscopic levels – of cellular movement as much as of an aerial view of pathways.  

MAGDA VITALYOS ZIMAN BIOGRAPHY

Magda Vitalyos Ziman (1942-2003) was a Romanian-born artist of Hungarian descent, known for tapestries and wallhangings: her sensuous works investigate material engagement, scale, light, and color through highly personal use of abstracted organic forms. Both Ziman’s fascination with natural materials – various threads, including the wool featured here – and her creation of object-tapestries at the interface of two and three dimensions can now be seen to anticipate the subsequent recasting of textiles as soft sculptures.