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| − | Born 1945 in Romania. Grigorescu is one of the very few multimedia artists in Romania who during the communist regime conducted visual research on the body: a taboo topic at the time. The artist’s body became work “material”—perceived as a “medium” and surface—onto which mental images are reflected. His body performances are to be seen as “post-happenings” with the emphasis no longer on the temporal dimension but rather on the photographic snapshot that, however, preserves a performative character. These works, like many others from the | + | Born 1945 in Romania. Grigorescu is one of the very few multimedia artists in Romania who during the communist regime conducted visual research on the body: a taboo topic at the time. The artist’s body became work “material”—perceived as a “medium” and surface—onto which mental images are reflected. His body performances are to be seen as “post-happenings” with the emphasis no longer on the temporal dimension but rather on the photographic snapshot that, however, preserves a performative character. These works, like many others from the 1970s and 80s, would go public only much later. |
| − | + | == Works== | |
| − | [[ | + | [[Image:Grigorescu election-meeting.jpg|thumb|center|600px|''Election Meeting'', snapshot, 1975. Courtesy: Artist.]] |
| + | * ''Election Meeting'', 1975, 28 photographs, b/w, 20 x 30 cm each. Snapshots taken during a rally in Bucharest, with a camera hidden on the artist’s hip, catching Securitate agents supervising the crowd and contrasting this view with that of with the ordinary participants, who were relaxed, tired, or bored.'' | ||
| + | * ''Dialogue with Ceauşescu'', 1978, N8mm film / DVD, 7 min 11 sec. Here, the artist plays two opposing roles, in one of which he is wearing a mask with the face of Ceauşescu. | ||
| + | * ''Post-mortem Dialogue with Ceauşescu'', 2007, Video / DVD, 22 min 29 sec. | ||
| − | + | == See also== | |
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* [[Romania#Experimental film, avant-garde film]] | * [[Romania#Experimental film, avant-garde film]] | ||
| − | + | == External links== | |
* http://subversive.c3.hu/en/Ion%20Grigorescu.php | * http://subversive.c3.hu/en/Ion%20Grigorescu.php | ||
[[Category:Experimental film|Grigorescu, Ion]] | [[Category:Experimental film|Grigorescu, Ion]] | ||
Revision as of 00:56, 7 June 2013
Born 1945 in Romania. Grigorescu is one of the very few multimedia artists in Romania who during the communist regime conducted visual research on the body: a taboo topic at the time. The artist’s body became work “material”—perceived as a “medium” and surface—onto which mental images are reflected. His body performances are to be seen as “post-happenings” with the emphasis no longer on the temporal dimension but rather on the photographic snapshot that, however, preserves a performative character. These works, like many others from the 1970s and 80s, would go public only much later.
Works
- Election Meeting, 1975, 28 photographs, b/w, 20 x 30 cm each. Snapshots taken during a rally in Bucharest, with a camera hidden on the artist’s hip, catching Securitate agents supervising the crowd and contrasting this view with that of with the ordinary participants, who were relaxed, tired, or bored.
- Dialogue with Ceauşescu, 1978, N8mm film / DVD, 7 min 11 sec. Here, the artist plays two opposing roles, in one of which he is wearing a mask with the face of Ceauşescu.
- Post-mortem Dialogue with Ceauşescu, 2007, Video / DVD, 22 min 29 sec.
