by Valentina Iancu Andre Breton’s concept of revolutionary surrealism was introduced in Romania by a group of artists and writers gravitating around the magazine unu. Founded and financially supported by the military doctor and poet Saşa Pană, unu was the longest-running surrealist magazine in Romania. All the published works followed the two defining directions of surrealism: the Freudian-inspired automatism and left-wing activism. Uniştii (Victor Brauner, Marcel Iancu, Geo Bogza, M.H. Maxy, Saşa Pană, Ilarie Voronca, Claude Sernet) took baby-steps towards positing the socio-political determination of art. Throughout its activity, other young artists joined the initial group and radicalized the endeavor…
radu
Art Up Against Political Systems The theme of the first issue of Gazeta de Artă Politică is Art Up Against Political Systems, a recurring topic in debates about the positioning of artists in relation to various forms of power, as well as in those about the ubiquitous “resistance through culture”, about the need for politically involved art or about the radical nature of artistic endeavors which discuss the political. We settled on this theme because we believed it was essential to problematize the artists’ role in society and the relevance of politically-charged interventions in a context where concepts such as…
The coordinators of Gazeta de de Artă Politică – Mihaela Michailov, David Schwartz, Ionuţ Sociu and Marius Bogdan Tudor – kindly invite you to the launching of the first issue of our publication. The event will take place on: Thursday, February 21st, 18.30 – Bucharest – Dianei4 (str. Dianei, no. 4) Saturday, February 23rd, 18.00 – Cluj – Fabrica de Pensule (str. Henri Barbusse, no. 59-61) Gazeta de Artă Politică discusses, theorizes and promotes art which takes a socio-political stance. G.A.P. takes a radical approach to art in Romania and in countries facing similar struggles (in the Eastern European and…