Alina Szapocznikow’s Self-Portrait: an ancient marble hero

The Polish artist who survived Auschwitz creates work reflecting a bygone era

This plaster head might have tumbled off an ancient marble hero. In fact, it’s a 1971 self-portrait by the Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow, who often cast her own features and body in her work.

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