Articol publicat in: Cultura
Romania and the Avant-Garde
| NY Arts Summer 2011 - Reviewed |
| “Surrealism and post-surrealism marked the ongoing revolt of the international spirit .”
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Victor Brauner, Portrait of André Breton , 1934. Courtesy of Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Art lovers in Bucharest and Amsterdam have recently found themselves challenged by two shows reclaiming the roots and sources of the European Avant-garde. “From Dada to Surrealism: Jewish Avant-Garde Artists in Romania, 1910-1938” is a scholarly exhibit that presents the merits of some great artists and their masterpieces. The viewer is confronted with a Jewish sensibility used to capture and translate influences from Romanian folklore, Modernist sculpture, and early Dada literature. This revolution in art started among the cosmopolitan , sophisticated, sometimes self-doubting Romanian Jewish literary and theatrical community in Bucharest. Citeşte mai departe:
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=577081:romania-and-the-avant-garde-&catid=452:reviewed
