With the paticipation of artists: Aurel Bauh, Th\u00e9odore Brauner, Victor Brauner, Andr\u00e9 Breton, Jean David, Benjamin Fondane, Jacques H\u00e9rold, Gh\u00e9rasim Luca, Gellu Naum, Constantin Nisipeanu, Paul P\u0103un, Hedda Sterne, Virgil Teodorescu, D. Trost<\/p>\n
Art Encounters Foundation in Timi\u0219oara presents Infra-Noir: anatomies of desire, metamorphoses of the image, an exhibition focusing on Romanian Surrealism, organised in collaboration with Centre Pompidou Paris. Bringing together works from the collections of Centre Pompidou Paris, as well as from private collections, Infra-Noir will include names such as Victor Brauner, Jacques H\u00e9rold or Benjamin Fondane.<\/p>\n
Curated by Mica Gherghescu, the exhibition revolves around the Infra-Noir group and its members, Gh\u00e9rasim Luca, Gellu Naum, Paul P\u0103un, D. Trost and Virgil Teodorescu. Between 1945 and 1947, through their activity in Bucharest, Romania, the five artists assimilated and built upon the international Surrealist inheritance, creating a series of profoundly experimental artworks and publications that drew the attention of important Surrealist personalities, among whom Andr\u00e9 Breton.<\/p>\n
Infra-Noir will also highlight key moments in the history of Romanian Surrealism by exploring pivotal works in the history of the movement. At the same time, it will examine the nuances and eclecticism that resulted from the hybrid import of Surrealism grafted on the local artistic ecosystem. The exhibition will delve into the technical diversity of artistic practices, presenting cadavres exquis, talisman drawings, cubomanies, lovajes, vaporisations, striages, photographic cut-ups, photo albums, and subverted images, as well as avant-garde publications. Within the framework of the show, the Foundation will launch the second issue of Infra-Noir, a magazine-like publication inspired by the themes approached throughout the exhibition.<\/p>\n
Curator Mica Gherghescu says: \u201cWith a major overview from the surrealist image production and with a contextual approach inscribing global circulations in local histories, the exhibition will come back at cataclysmic encounters in the Romanian artistic avant-garde milieu and notably through exemplary works from the Centre Pompidou\u2019s collections as well as from private collections from Romania. It will thus become an incubator for, in Gh\u00e9rasim Luca\u2019s words, \u2018latent powers understood as possibilities.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
Diana Marincu, Artistic Director of Art Encounters Foundation, says: \u201cThe exhibition Infra-Noir builds upon the mission of Art Encounters Foundation to establish institutional networks and to support relevant historical research, which is carried out through exhibition-making and through our publishing program. The collection of Centre Pompidou is an important and rich resource, and we are very proud to be able to bring a part of it to Timi\u0219oara, to showcase it to local audiences, and to develop a strong cultural mediation program around it.\u201d Infra-Noir: Anatomies of desire, metamorphoses of the image.<\/p>\n
Co-financers: The Timi\u0219oara City Hall, The Timi\u0219oara Local Council<\/p>\n
Sponsor of permanent programme: Banca Transilvania<\/p>\n
With the support of: The Timi\u0219oara National Art Museum<\/p>\n
Media partners: Radio Rom\u00e2nia Cultural, RFI Rom\u00e2nia, Radio Guerrilla, TVR Timi\u0219oara, Observator Cultural, Revista Arta, Zeppelin, The Institute, Modernism, Propagarta, StudentFest<\/p>\n
Sponsors: Thesaurus Wines, illy, Melbo Instal, Agasi<\/p>\n
The exhibition is part of MAP \u2013 Mentoring, Artists, Partnerships, a cultural programme organised with the support of the Timi\u0219oara City Hall and the Timi\u0219oara Local Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3647,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"bienala":[],"class_list":["post-3636","expozitie","type-expozitie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artencounters.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expozitie\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artencounters.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expozitie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artencounters.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/expozitie"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artencounters.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artencounters.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bienala","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artencounters.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bienala?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}