5 Triumphant National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale, From Finnish Robots to Canadian Floods
5. Romanian Pavilion: Geta Brătescu
Last but not least is “Apparitions,” Geta Brătescu’s presentation at the Romanian Pavilion. The show, which feels like a museum-quality mini-retrospective of a pioneer of Romanian Conceptualism, brings together several series from different moments in her long career.
The presentation includes studio-based performances from the 1970s, like Sleep, and the performative sculpture No to Violence! (1974), as well as her Mother Courage series of lithographs from the ’60s and the poignant drawing Mothers from 1997.
Like Barlow’s project, this presentation seems like the cherry on top of an incredible year for Brătescu. Although she has long been a household name in her native country, Brătescu’s international profile is now growing at an exponential rate. Following a widely-praised show currently on view at London’s Camden Arts Centre, Brătescu joined Hauser & Wirth last month. It seems like the art world—and now, Venice—can’t get enough of the 91-year-old artist.
Numărul 1-6/2016 al revistei Secolul 21 este dedicat intregal Getei Brătescu. Marea doamna a graficii conceptuale contemporane este și director artistic al revistei noastre de a cărei prezentare artistică se îngrijește de peste 50 de ani.
În 2017, România va fi prezentă la Bienala de la Veneția (ediția a 57-a, deschisă publicului între 13 mai și 26 noiembrie 2017) cu o expoziție dedicată, de asemenea Getei Brătescu cu titlul Geta Brătescu – Apariții.
Coordonator de proiect Corina Bucea, curator expoziție Magda Radu.