Ion Grigorescu
06 May - 04 June 2011
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| © Ion Grigorescu
Bain rituel, 1979
Tirage argentique couleur (coloured silver print)
H 67 x 101 cm |
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ION GRIGORESCU
6 May - 4 June, 2011
Born in 1945, Ion Grigorescu, who lives and works in Bucarest, is one of
the artistic figures that have been most iconic of post-war Romania.
His work has long remained confidential and it’s only a few years ago
that his reputation started growing outside his native country. The
artistic community now agrees he is an artist of exception and his past
and present works give us precious bearings on the contemporary artistic
scene.
Mitterrand+Sanz is very proud to present Ion Grigorescu’s first solo
show in Switzerland. With several works, photographs and films, historic
for most of them, we show a range of Grigorescu’s opus.
Since 1967, Ion Grigorescu has tackled questions related to sexuality,
the body, the landscape and of course the omnipresence of politics, be
it from the point of view of the communist regime or of triumphant
capitalism. Throughout the long communist rule in Romania, the artist
worked in hiding and anonymously, even using self-censorship. His
approach has always gone beyond the performative and intimate dimension
in spite of his propensity to find his inspiration in his own private
world.
Over the past few years, several international shows, among which
Documenta 12 in Kassel 2007, theBerlin Biennale and Les Promesses du
Passé in Pompidou Center Paris, 2010, Out of Place Tate Moderne 2011 as
well as the retrospective In the Body of the Victim 1969–2008at Museum
of Modern Art, Warsaw curated by Kathrin Rhomberg, gave us a glimpse of a
rich and fascinating opus. This year the artist is going to represent
Romania at the Venice Biennale.
The curator of the show is Ami Barak. He curates amongst other things
the Romanian Pavilion with Ion Grigorescu as protagonist at the Venice
Biennale this year (4. June – 27. Nov. 2011).
Ami Barak
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