Bogdan Rața (; born January 22, 1984) is a

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n sculptor best known for his twisted, contorted and mutated versions of the human body. Rață lives and works in

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and

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Education

Rața studied sculpture at the

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(2003–2006). In 2008 he got his M.A. in sculpture at the

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and in 2012 his PhD at the

Work

In his early years of Rața's artistic work he used his own body as a model. Subsequently, he continued his work in the form of large-scale studies of different body fragments; with quasi-surgical accuracy, he carved out his arms, feet, elbows and torsos, which he later juxtaposed, juggling with sometimes oversized proportions such as ''Handgun'', exhibited in Bucharest and later in Paris at the Farideh Cadot Gallery. The combinations give rise to new forms, hybrid and often "absurd" sculptures. Rața is focused mainly on human anatoforms. Using polyester, paint, metal and synthetic resin he twists, deforms and shapes human bodies forming hybrid and grotesque anatomic mutations. His works represents deformed and hideous human bodies or parts of it. Rața is interested in the issues of perception and human figure in sculpture:

I work with human fragments which I combine in order to create images with a strong emotional impact: frustration, fright, shame. I reinterpret the human body precisely in order to induce a state of confusion to the reader and to in a way force him to understand, from a different perspective, the contemporary human being. A finger can be stronger than a rifle, an ear more frustrating than an interrogation.

Often, he mixes different body parts like fingers, foot, head and torsos: ''Punk'' (2008), ''Torsso'' (2008), ''Lonely'' (2011), ''The Cure'' (2010), ''Tits'' (2010), ''The Middle Way'' (2014), ''The Pressure'' (2015) etc. He also uses twisted trunks or faceless bodies: ''Shame'' (2009), ''Trying to Keep Life'' (2012) and ''The Lake'' (2015).

Teaching

Besides his artistic career, Rața is also a lecturer at the

Exhibitions

Since 2007, Rața's work has been exhibited both nationally, in Timișoara,

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and internationally in Liverpool (UK), Paris (France), New York (U.S.), Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia), Venice (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), Cascais (Portugal) and Budapest (Hungary).

References

External links

Cosmin Nasui Gallery: Bogdan Rața

Artsy: Bogdan Rața
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rata, Bogdan Modern sculptors 1984 births Living people People from Baia Mare 20th-century Romanian sculptors Bucharest National University of Arts alumni West University of Timișoara alumni