The exhibition "One Eye Laughs, the Other Cries. Romanian Art in the Ovidiu Sandor Collection," part of the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025, brings together works by over 60 Romanian artists, starting on Saturday and running until July 20 at the International Cultural Centre in Kraków (MCK).
According to a press release the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) sent to AGERPRES on Thursday, the exhibition constructs a narrative of the transformations that marked the country's history and individual destinies in the 20th century, based on the biographies and works of several artists.
"The exhibition tells the story of Romania and its artists, both those who had the opportunity to experiment, create and make a name for themselves in the international art world, and those for whom the oppression of political systems closed this path. Some of them preserved their freedom of expression only in the quiet of their own studios, while others chose to emigrate, achieving success at the cost of the difficulties of life abroad," ICR informs.
The exhibition showcases works by, among others, George Apostu, Ioana Batranu, Horia Bernea, Geta Bratescu, Theodor Brauner, Victor Brauner, Mircea Cantor, Andrei Chintila, Lena Constante-Brauner, Horia Damian, Max Ernst, Constantin Flondor, Adrian Ghenie, Marin Gherasim, Gherasim Luca, Vasile Gorduz, Ion Grigorescu, Marcel Iancu, Vasili Kandinski, Ana Lupas, Victor Man, Max Hermann Maxy, Joan Miró, Florin Mitroi, Gili Mocanu, Herta Müller, Ciprian Muresan, Paul Neagu, Ioana Nemes, Jules Perahim, Dan Perjovschi, Pusha Petrov, Silvia Radu, Lea Rasovszky, Serban Savu, Arthur Segal, Tristan Tzara, Andrei Ujica, Andra Ursuta.
The exhibition will be complemented by related events organised by MCK in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, ranging from debates and film screenings to literary, urban, historical and psychological discussions, guided tours, with guests from Romania and Poland.
The exhibition will also be accompanied by a printed publication in Polish and English, which includes essays by remarkable intellectuals and researchers, placing the works on a broader historical and cultural background. Among the authors of the texts are Adriana Babeti, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Tom Sandquist, Diana Marincu, and Polish authors Lukasz Galusek, Kazimierz Jurczak, and Jakub Kornhauser, the source informs.
The Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 is organised by the Ministry of Culture and the Romanian Cultural Institute, through its Warsaw office, for the Romanian side, and by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the "Adam Mickiewicz" Institute, in partnership with the Polish Institute in Bucharest, for the Polish side.
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