Visiting An Art Exhibition

Today I'd like to invite you to take a tour with me and show you the latest art exhibition I visited yesterday. It was on my list as the exhibition was opened on the 25th August, but never had the chance to visit it till yesterday.

An art exhibition is always a surprise as you never know what you get. Posters can't tell you a lot, so you just go in and get surprised.

The exhibition is hosted by the medieval fortress of Targu Mures, which is at a walking distance from the city center. You can't even miss it as the tower of the reformed church is visible and can guide you. This is not the usual museum, but an exhibition hall, a very interesting one as it dates back to medieval times. The beauty of the place is that you can visit a museum, a couple of exhibition halls, the church, a few bastions, the park inside and not only. So if you're there, you won't get bored easily.

The exhibition is on the first floor and it is open till the 4th of December 2022.

The artist is Marcel Iancu and the exhibition is called "Reconstruction of art from Romania to Israel". The title may look strange, however, there's an explanation for that. The artist was born in 1893 in Romania and lived in Romania till 1940. The emigrated to Israel in 1941 and lived there till he passed in 1983.

The beauty starts at the door. As I said, this is not an museum, the space is used as an exhibition room. The door is not new and respects the old size, form and style of those days. Please look at how thick the walls are.

This is the door from inside and look at the handle. Have you ever seen such a door handle? I have but not often. I had to be careful when opening the door.

This was the first painting what I saw exhibited and liked it a lot. It is a portrait of Ion Vinea. I love the simplicity of the painting and the colors. Also the frame is more than perfect for the painting. The color, the style and the texture of the wood makes it perfect.

After that nice painting, I was expecting more, but instead I got this drawing, which was a bit strange, but after looking at the label, which said Ion Vinea, which indicated that they have organized the artworks based on themes. The drawing was made in 1911. It was under glass but did not stop me from having a close look at the details.

Next was another drawing featuring Ion Vinea again. I was looking at it and could not take my eyes off the leg, which looked very unnatural.

And when I thought the surprises are over, I saw this one 😁. It is called Tristan Tzara's Mask.

Tristan Tzara born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; 28 April [O.S. 16 April] 1896 – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement. source

What can I say? It's a strange artwork, with all kinds of materials glued to the cardboard (I think). What I can guess by looking at Tzara's portrait is that he used those single vision lenses and I suppose that red eye patch symbolizes that. That canvas hair is priceless.

And if you've thought it can't get any more strange, here's another one. Now, to be honest, I've been to a bunch of exhibitions across Europe, from Paris to Amsterdam, but have never seen such an artwork. It is called White On White and it is embossing on paper, whatever that means. It was created in 1960.

And if you've thought it can't get any more strange ... oh, wait, I have already said that, but I have to repeat myself as it applies to the artworks coming later as well.

This is called The Great Symbol and it is again a strange one, as it has paper, aluminum foil and who knows glued on it.

Then I saw these two paintings one next to the other and was looking at them like at the tennis match. Left, right, left, right, not knowing what I see as both paintings are called Creation.

The first one was created in 1960 and it is oil on canvas glued to cardboard. The second one was created 10 years later, in 1970 and it's print on plaster on jute in masonite (whatever that means).

I've never seen two artwork alike in one place and was wondering why the artist created two of the same artwork, but looking at the details, it explains why. He basically recreated his previous artwork on a different surface, which may be even harder but he's the only one to answer the question. Colors are not the same but we can't expect to get the same colors as the base is not the same either. However, I admire the outcome.

Mandolin and dice, painted in the 1970's and it's a print on plaster on canvas glued to masonite.

Canvas usually means fine canvas I think as I've never seen such rough looking one. It must have been a real challenge to paint on this.

I was standing in front of this, trying to figure out what it is or what it means but couldn't. I was thinking maybe that thing could be a kite, although it doesn't quite look like a kite. Then I looked at the label, which said Green and Black. Well I can't say I became smarter though.

This was again a mystery, but according to the label, it is called DADA Surface.

I suppose many of you don't know what DADA or DADAISM means. To be totally honest, I've heard of it, have learnt about it, but don't know much about it 😁, so here it is.

Dada (/ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (c. 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris. Dadaist activities lasted until the mid 1920s.

Developed in reaction to World War I, the Dada movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. The art of the movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, sound poetry, cut-up writing, and sculpture. Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with radical left-wing and far-left politics. source

So id you can figure out what is on he last painting, you're a genius. Based on the quote about Dadaism, I would go with "expressing nonsense".

This is the first part of the exhibition. I need to break it into pieces as there was more than one style and can't mix them.

In conclusion, it was a very interesting experience and I'm glad I was able to visit. I liked all the artworks, even those that I could not understand, because of the surface and the technique used by the artist.

Soooo, which one do you like the most from here?

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