Marta Pan (12 June 1923, Budapest – 12 October 2008, Paris) was a French abstract sculptor of Hungarian origin.
Marta Pan | |
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 Marta Pan discussing her work, 1995 | |
| Born | 12 June 1923 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | 12 October 2008 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Early life
editMarta Pan was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1923.[1] She studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Budapest.[1]
Work
editPan's sculptures are highly concerned with balance, symmetry, and geometry.[1] She often created her works so that they were site-specific and worked with the surrounding environment.[1] In 1946 Pan moved to Paris, where she met Constantin Brâncuşi and Fernand Léger.[1] In 1952 she married André Wogenscky, who was a studio assistant to Le Corbusier.[1] Her early sculptures were highly influenced by the architecture of Le Corbusier.[1] In 1956, Pan created Le Teck, which consisted of two moveable parts.[1] The choreographer Maurice Béjart later created a ballet, also entitled Le Teck, inspired directly by Pan's sculpture.[1] Béjart's ballet was premiered on the roof of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation building in Marseille, France.[1] Until 1960, all of Pan's sculptures consisted of this two-part construction method, which allowed one piece to be moved, thus altering the work.[2] In 1990 she made Celle floating sculpture in Italy for the Gori collection - Fattoria di Celle.[3]
Death
editPublic collections
editPan's work can be seen in a number of public institutions and locations, including:
- Floating Sculpture (1973), Dallas City Hall, Dallas (Texas), USA[4]
- Sculpture flottante, Otterlo (1960), Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands[5]
- La Perspective (1992), Musée de la Ville de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Yvelines, Île-de-France), France[6]
- Floating Sculpture No. 3 (1972), Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee (Wisconsin), USA[7]
- Signe infini (1993), intersection of autoroutes A46 and A6 at Ambérieux (Rhône, Rhône-Alpes), France.
- Celle Floating Sculpture (1990), Collezione Gori Fattoria di Celle - Collezione Gori, Italy
Recognition
editIn 2001 Pan was awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale award for Sculpture from the Japan Art Society.[1] Pan's work was included in the 2021 exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.[8]
Selected works
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Amphitheatre -
Floating sculpture -
Floating sculpture
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Marta Pan". Praemium Imperiale. 2001. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Pan - Artists - Collection Societe Generale", Société Générale, Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Fattoria di Celle - Collezione Gori".
- ^ "Public ArtWalk Dallas" Archived 2014-11-13 at archive.today, Public ArtWalk Dallas, Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Sculpture Flottante - Otterlo" Archived 2014-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Kröller Müller Museum, Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Marta Pan" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Floating Sculpture no. 3", Lynden Sculpture Garden, Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Women in abstraction. London : New York, New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc. 2021. p. 170. ISBN 978-0500094372.
Further reading
edit- "Pan, Marta." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 22, 2012; subscription required).
External links
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