Art Encounters 2017 Exhibitions:

Ion Grigorescu, born in 1945 in Bucharest where he lives and works, is an iconic figure of contemporary art in Romania.

His solo exhibitions include: The Painted Work, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest (2017), The Curtains of Democracy, within PHotoESPAÑA, Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid, Spain (2012), In the Body of the Victim 1969-2008, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2009), On the Ground, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria (2006). Ion Grigorescu’s work was also exhibited in important group exhibitions such as Documenta 12 in Kassel (2007), the Berlin Biennale and Les Promesses du Passé in Centre Pompidou, Paris (2010), Out of Place at Tate Modern (2011), Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960-1980 at MoMA New York (2015).

Images:

1. Ion Grigorescu, Revoluția culturală [The Cultural Revolution] (1974),courtesy of: Ion Grigorescu, photo credits: Cătălin Rulea / P+4 Publications