Brancusi : an afterlife /
The dangers inherent in the appropriation and instrumentalization of an artist's work by the state is the focus of visual artist Alexandra Croitoru's smart, irreverent and ironic examination of the treatment of Brancusi's life and work in post-Stalinist Romanian culture. Against the b...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Romanian |
| Language Notes: | Interview with Alexandra Croitoru in English and Romanian. |
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Bucharest : Berlin :
Salonul de proiecte ; Archive Books,
2015.
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| Summary: | The dangers inherent in the appropriation and instrumentalization of an artist's work by the state is the focus of visual artist Alexandra Croitoru's smart, irreverent and ironic examination of the treatment of Brancusi's life and work in post-Stalinist Romanian culture. Against the backdrop of left-wing movements opposing capitalism and globalization, Brancusi: An Afterlife began as Croitoru's doctoral research on Brancusi's "nationalization" and grew into exhibitions she curated. In five sections: From Appropriation to Nationalization, Brancusi and Romania, Brancusiology and Brancusiologists of National Renown, Popular Appropriation, and Brancusi as a Character, Between Reality and Fiction, Croitoru demonstrates how an artist's appropriation as cultural signifier evolves into both the banal and national myth: through decorative and vernacular appropriations, through kitsch legitimized by museums and the entertainment industry, and in discourses that convey the history of art from a national perspective to promote national branding. |
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| Physical Description: | 183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3943620409 9783943620405 |