Igor Mitoraj (1944 Oederan, Germany - 2014 Paris), Asklepios

Biography
Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, including under Tadeusz Kantor (1967-1968). For the next two years he continued his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In the mid-1970s he devoted himself to sculpture, creating intimate heads, torsos in distinctive wraps or bandages. He showed them in his first solo exhibition in 1976 in Paris, which brought him success with the public and art dealers. In his art he refers to the tradition of antiquity, treating its legacy as relics of a golden age of culture and everlasting patterns. He is considered one of the most outstanding contemporary artistic personalities. His sculptures, often of gigantic size, are found in representative points of many cities in Europe, the US and Japan. Since 1976, Igor Mitoraj's sculptures and drawings have been shown in 120 solo exhibitions.