Interviu cu Ion Grigorescu

Hard to Pin Down

by Ileana Pintilie
in artmargins

Ion Grigorescu is a painter and media artist. Ever since his debut, Grigorescu has been active in the public space. He has taken part in many group exhibitions. Grigorescu has worked extensively with performance, which he documented through photos and S 8 mm films (most of them in black and white). In these documents Grigorescu deformed the film image with the help of superimposed circular lenses (Body Art with Three Mirrors, photo, 1974, Mimicry, photo and film, 1975). During Ceauşescu’s regime, Grigorescu performed a number of secret political happenings.

Interviu cu Iosif Kiràly de Ileana Pintilie in ARTMargins

Interview with Iosif Kiràly

Iosif Kiràly is one of Romania’s most prominent contemporary artists. He teaches at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, where he is also the co-founder of the Department of Photography and Time-Based Media Arts. Kiràly lives and works in Bucharest.

Ileana Pintilie: You are at present one of the best-known Romanian artists active on the international art scene. Please talk about your formation as an artist, about the artistic elements that influenced your development.

Iosif Kiràly: My background is a hybrid one ( .. )

de Ileana Pintilie in ARTMargins

foto Iosif Kiraly, Panoramare Amfiteatru Parasit, Triaj 2004 via openvizor.com

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