11—20 May, George Enescu Sq.

Bucharest, 2018
 Artists
Curator Alina Șerban Aurel Bauh
Paul Sterian
Nicolae Argintescu-Amza
Ioan Andreescu
Paul Gherasim
Decebal Scriba
Pavel Ilie
Gheorghe Pătrașcu
Max Arnold
Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck
Theodor Pallady
Teodor Rusu
Șerban Epure
Mircea Milcovitch
Ion Dumitriu
Horia Bernea
Teodor Moraru
Simona Runcan
Napoleon Tiron
Eugenia Pop
Christian Paraschiv
Ritzi Jacobi
Peter Jacobi
Constantin Flondor
Horea Paștina
Ion Grigorescu
Mihai Sârbulescu
Ștefan Luchian
Constantin Brâncuși
Ion Țuculescu
Ștefan Bertalan
Florin Mitroi
Roman Cotoșman
Matei Lăzărescu
Paul Neagu
Mihai Olos
Diet Sayler
Florin Maxa
Natural—Cultural

Ion Alin Gheorghiu

Grupul MAMŰ
István Kancsura
Ana Lupaș
Mircea Spătaru
Dan Mihălțianu
Doru Tulcan
Miklósi Dénes
Mirel Ilieșiu
Octavian Nemescu
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Cultural

Museum
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Pavilion
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Inspired by composer Octavian Nemescu’s electro- renewed value—while departing from the conventions of
acoustic piece Natural—Cultural. Muzică pentru vârful representation—to specific genres of the local painting
unui munte la răsăritul soarelui [Natural—Cultural. Music tradition, such as the landscape, the self-portrait or the
to Be Played on a Mountain Top at Sunrise] (1973–1983), still life, prompted by an inner impulse, a self-reflective,
this exhibition proposes a non-linear journey across inquiring endeavour. We shall also witness the artists’
100 years of Romanian art, pausing along the way to tendency to develop series, grounded in a different way
examine various artistic moments, attitudes and narra- of conceptualising the artistic process, in an occa-
tives whose common imaginative and analytical effort sionally obsessive insistence on a subject and on the
signals a profound change in the way in which reality is revelation that it might trigger. Last but not least, the ex-
observed and understood. hibition probes into the meanings of the artist’s coming
While moving away from the particular charac- closer to nature, an experience that is not only nostalgic
teristics of the above-mentioned composition, the and didactic, but also ritualistic and liberating.
Natural—Cultural exhibition still maintains an interest Natural—Cultural is an attempt to record, within the
in the specific mood triggered by the sonic experi- framework of a subjective exhibition experience, a
ence. Experimental in nature, what it shares with these number of propensities and structural affinities present
singular manifestations of the local artistic practice is in Romanian art and of options that have survived his-
an endeavour to enforce self-discipline, to develop an torical narratives. From this perspective, the wide-rang-
increasingly reductive and abstract vocabulary and a ing ideas of the invited artists and the specific con-
recuperative, contemplatory meaning of art motivated nections forming inside the exhibition space—be
and shaped by the spatial and temporal coordinates they personal, emotional, thematic or theoretical—will
of a place. Bearing in mind these working strands, determine visitors to cast a fresh look on things, leaving
Natural—Cultural includes a selection of works from open a multitude of questions and issues present in the
public and private collections, by artists who assign active space of the local artistic production.
a multitude of roles to the idea of process in art and
whose visionary work, in retrospect, has rewritten
the history of Romanian and Eastern European art.
Organised in distinct nuclei of visual research, the
corpus of artworks, albeit diverse in terms of artistic
practice, aesthetic and conceptual exploration, firmly
reflects the attachment to the broader framework in
which the local culture is conceived.
In the particular context of the exhibition, visual sen-
sitivities and concerns evoke a recuperative process
of transfiguration, supplementation and reassignment
of new meanings to themes and motifs extracted
from the rich texture of the traditional civilization of
the village, of its spatial, spiritual and representational
order. Concurrently, an interest has surged in conferring

With the support of: The Galați Visual Art Museum; The National Museum of
Contemporary Art Bucharest; „Vasile Pârvan” Museum, Bârlad; The
Mureș County Museum; The Brașov Art Museum; Argeș County
Museum; The Bacău Art Museum; The National Film Archive; The
Romanian Peasant Museum Image Archive; MARe Collection / The
Museum of Recent Art; Centre Pompidou, Paris

Plan B, Cluj-Berlin; Anca Poterașu Gallery; Jecza Gallery;

Romană Gallery; Allegra Nomad Gallery; Dr. Sorin Costina
Collection; Ovidiu Șandor Collection; Mircea Pinte Collection;
The Collection of artist Ion Dumitriu

Acknowledgements: Mihai Pop, Răzvan Bănescu, Irina Radu, Doina Ilieșiu Deneș,
Alexandru Solomon, Mihai Nasta, Daria Dumitrescu,
Ruxandra Garofeanu, Maria Pop Timaru, Iris Șerban, George Lecca,
Sorina Jecza, Diana Marincu.
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Aurel Bauh
Untitled
Fără titlu

Film negativ alb-negru 6 x 6 cm

Black & white negative film 6 x 6 cm
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Prin amabilitatea Arhivei de Imagine a Muzeului Țăranului Român

Courtesy of The Romanian Peasant Museum Image Archive
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Imagini din fondul Aurel Bauh al Arhivei de Imagine a Muzeului Țăranului Român
Images from Aurel Bauh Collection of The Romanian Peasant Museum Image Archive 1939—1946
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Pave Ilie
Decebal Scriba
Bărăgan

Film negativ pancromatic ORWO, 35 mm

ORWO panchromatic negative film, 35 mm
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1975—2017
Prin amabilitatea lui Decebal Scriba și a Galeriei Allegra Nomad Tiraj manual alb-negru pe hârtie baritată
Courtesy of Decebal Scriba and the Allegra Nomad Gallery. Black & white manual edition on Baryta paper
 Constantin Flondor Respiraţie 11
Breathing

Prin amabilitatea artistului

Courtesy of the artist

Fotografie vintage
Vintage photograph 1981
Matei Lăzărescu Om traversând aerul 12
Man Crossing the Air

Prin amabilitatea artistului

Courtesy of the artist

RO Tuș cu pensula pe hârtie

EN Ink brush painting on paper 1978
 Ion Grigorescu Fairy Tales 13

Prin amabilitatea artistului

Courtesy of the artist

Film negativ alb-negru 6 x 6 cm

Black & white negative film 6 x 6 cm 1978
Roman Cotoșman Fără titlu 14
Untitled

Prin amabilitatea Galeriei Jecza

Courtersy of Jecza Gallery

RO Monotipie pe hârtie
EN Monotype on paper 1963—1964
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Constantin Flondor Stimuli la Pădurea Verde 16
Stimuli at the Green Forest
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RO Prin amabilitatea artistului Intervenție manuală pe hârtia sensibilă în timpul transpunerii de pe negativul fotografic
EN Courtesy of the artist Manual intervention on sensitive paper during the transposing of the negative photographic frame 1981
Horia Bernea Concentrare 18
Concentration

RO Guașă pe hârtie
EN Gouache on paper 1967
 Horia Bernea Concentrare 19
Concentration

Colecție particulară
Private Collection

Acuarelă pe hârtie
Watercolour on paper 1967
Paul Neagu Picior uman. 17 etaje 20
Human Foot. 17 Floors

The Mircea Pinte Collection

Colecția Mircea Pinte

RO Tehnică mixtă pe hârtie cașerată pe pânză

EN Mixed media on paper pasted on canvas 1969
 Florin Mitroi Fără titlu 21
Untitled

The Ovidiu Șandor Collection

Colecția Ovidiu Șandor

Tempera pe pânză
Tempera on canvas 1997
Mihai Olos Fără titlu 22
Untitled

RO Sculptură în lemn de salcâm

EN Acacia wood sculpture 1977—1978
 Prin amabilitatea Olos Estate și Plan B, Cluj–Berlin
Courtesy of Olos Estate and Plan B, Cluj–Berlin
Untitled
Fără titlu

Oakwood sculpture
Sculptură în lemn de stejar
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1988
Miklósi Dénes Acţiunea „Lacul fără fund” 24
“Bottomless Pond” Action

RO Film diapozitiv ORWO color, 35mm

EN ORWO 35 mm colour slide film
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Prin amabilitatea artistului

Courtesy of the artist 1983
Horea Paștina Grădina din strada Rozmarin 26
The Garden in Rozmarin Street

RO Ulei pe pânză
EN Oil on canvas
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Colecția MNAC
The Collection of The National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest 1988
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