Mona Vatamanu / Florin Tudor
20 Nov 2009 - 24 Jan 2010
MONA VATAMANU / FLORIN TUDOR
Grafisches Kabinett
Nov 20, 2009 – Jan 24, 2010
The phenomena of forgetting and repressing recent history as a result of the dramatic political and social upheavals following the collapse of real communism in Romania are the focal issue in the works of Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor. The two artists often examine the trauma in post-socialist countries, that has frequently been noted in recent years, on the basis of architecture and urban planning. In their films, photo series and installations they focus with an almost archaeological methodology on the destruction of churches, monasteries and palaces in Romania by the former communist regime and the population’s apparent indifference and ignorance towards these processes. In highly symbolic actions of visualisation and reparation they speak out for a treatment and reappraisal of recent events.
Mona Vatamanu, born in Constanţa in 1968 and Florin Tudor, born in Geneva in 1974, live in Bucharest and have been working together since 2000.
Grafisches Kabinett
Nov 20, 2009 – Jan 24, 2010
The phenomena of forgetting and repressing recent history as a result of the dramatic political and social upheavals following the collapse of real communism in Romania are the focal issue in the works of Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor. The two artists often examine the trauma in post-socialist countries, that has frequently been noted in recent years, on the basis of architecture and urban planning. In their films, photo series and installations they focus with an almost archaeological methodology on the destruction of churches, monasteries and palaces in Romania by the former communist regime and the population’s apparent indifference and ignorance towards these processes. In highly symbolic actions of visualisation and reparation they speak out for a treatment and reappraisal of recent events.
Mona Vatamanu, born in Constanţa in 1968 and Florin Tudor, born in Geneva in 1974, live in Bucharest and have been working together since 2000.