Curators: C\u0103lin Dan & Celia Ghyka
Concept: C\u0103lin Dan
2023 \u2014 11.02.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dStarting from the geological, topographical, morphological and geopolitical evidence provided by the triangular region historically called the Romanian Banat, we identified several elements that seemed to emerge out of the historical trajectory of this cultural construction: the twist, the conversion, the comeback \u2014 that may all be related to Plato’s concept of \u2018turning around of the soul\u2019 (that he defines in his famous dialogue \u2018The Republic\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Similar figurative, morphological, and spiritual movements may be retraced historically in the symbolic or professional languages of religion, rhetoric, philosophy, psychology, and science.
The TWIST. Five Provincial Stories from an Empire surveys the visual wingspan of the topic, examining how various motifs of the \u2018turning around\u2019 are reflected into the cultural developments of the historical Banat. The format is a cross-temporal, trans-disciplinary, cross-media exhibition, where the coexistence of genres, techniques and historical periods are assembled into a complex, multi-layered installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on a vast research of historical, bibliographical, visual, and literary sources, and of the heritage preserved in the public and private collections from the region, The TWIST spans an interval starting from Antiquity (pre-Roman and Roman), reaching into post-WW2 modernity, and bringing together archaeological, ethnographic, domestic and mass-produced artefacts, with artworks created between the 19th and the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The show gathers a large number of artefacts (around one hundred) displayed in an original and exciting architectural setting. They have been identified and selected according to various criteria, ranging from iconographical (spiral, twist, circle, intersection), functional (cylinder, sphere, column, vault, door, hinge, wheel, clock, compass) to actions that may be utilitarian (mowing, weaving, twisting, sifting, sowing, milling, lathe working, fishing, etc.), ritualistic (dancing, praying, drumming, magical conjuring), individual sports or intellectual activities such as reading, writing, etc. to ontological (conversion, resurrection, transfiguration, return, recovery, repetition) and political (exodus, emigration, immigration, redemption, penance, revenge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The narrative threads of this visual and poetical journey are to be read as connecting five layers or levels that establish various links, some more immediately apparent than others: protohistory (archaeological and geological pieces), pre-modernity (ethnographic and vernacular pieces), locally crafted modernity (household inventory, fashion, furniture), above history (immaterial heritage, such as music or poetry) and now (contemporary art).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Twist, spiritual but also morphological, is the identifying mark of a surprisingly large number of Romanian contemporary artists. Works by Horia Bernea, \u0218tefan Bertalan, Ion Condiescu, Roman Coto\u0219man, Cristian Di\u021boiu, Constantin Flondor, Dani Gherc\u0103, Ion Grigorescu, Ana Maria Micu, Ciprian Mure\u0219an, Paul Neagu, Sorin Neam\u021bu, Mihai Olos, \u0218erban Savu, Liviu Stoicoviciu, Napoleon Tiron and Bogdan Vl\u0103du\u021b\u0103 will complete by contrast this cultural itinerary delivered in a site-specific installation in the spaces of Kunsthalle Bega.\u201d
(C\u0103lin Dan, Celia Ghyka)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition opens on Friday, October 13 2023, at 7 pm, at Kunsthalle Bega as part of the Timi\u0219oara \u2013 European Capital of Culture program and will be on view until February 11, from Wednesday to Sunday,\u00a012\u00a0pm\u00a0to\u00a06\u00a0pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Institutional Partners: The National Museum of Banat, Timi\u0219oara; The Museum of the Iron Gates Region, Drobeta Turnu Severin; The Banat Mountain Museum, Re\u0219i\u021ba; The History, Ethnography and Visual Arts Museum, Lugoj; Electrical Serv; Arad Museum of Art; private collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Media Partners: Radio Rom\u00e2nia Cultural, Revista ARTA, Zeppelin, Observator cultural, Modernism.ro, Propagarta, IQads\/SMARK, Rena\u0219terea B\u0103n\u0103\u021bean\u0103, Agen\u021bia de Carte.ro<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partners: BRD \u2013 Groupe Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Kerber Verlag
Sponsors: Bega, PINTeam, Egeria, Flexik, VendTeam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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