Ion Grigorescu (born March 15, 1945 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

) is a Romanian painter who was one of the first

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

conceptual artists Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. Some works of conceptual art, sometimes called insta ...

. Grigorescu is the creator of numerous films, photographic series, and actions recorded on film, as well as drawings and collages. His subjects include both his private life and the passage of the

Romanian people The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Romanian c ...

from life under

communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, pric ...

Personal exhibitions – selection

*2013 – Trauma of the Exposed Body, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Church San Matteo,

Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one o ...

*2011 – Performing History, the Romanian Pavilion at the 54th International exhibition

La Biennale di Venezia The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

*2011 – Rome seen with the eyes / Rome invented, with Bogdan Vladuţă, workshop, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest; * Grigorescu, galeria Mitterand, Zuerich; Horse, Men Market, (personal) Friedrichshof Sammlung; Grigorescu, Enseigne des Oudin, Paris; *2010 – Oedipus The Wanderer, Gregor Podnar gallery,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

; *2009 – The Poor people are fending for themselves Angels Gallery,

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

; * In the Body of the Victim, retrospective Modern Art Museum Warsaw; Lili Dujourie and Ion Grigorescu, Ludlow 38, New York; *2008 – Superpositions, Jean-Gabriel Mitterand Gallery, Paris; * Le Temps a modifié les lieux, Enseigne des Oudin, Paris; Retrospective Ion Grigorescu, Artra Gallery,

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

o; *2007 - Ressources, with Geta Brătescu, M.N.A.C. Bucharest *2006 – Am Boden,

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

, Kunstverein; *2004 - Fotografii recente, Bucuresti, personal exhibition, Galeria Noua, Bucharest *1998 - National Museum of Art, Kretzulescu hall, Bucharest, personal exhibition *1993 - Mahlzeit für eine tote Kunst, Schauplatz Zeitgenossischer Kunst, Vienna

Group exhibitions

*1981 -

São Paulo Biennale SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

, Brasil *1990 - Points East, Third's Eye Gallery

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

, *1991 - Wanderlieder, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam *1994 - São Paulo Biennale, Brasil *1997 - Venice Biennale, Romanian Pavilion *1998 - Out of Actions, MOCA Los Angeles, Vienna, Barcelona, Tokyo; * Body and the East, Moderna Galertja,

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

*2000 - 2000+Collection, Ljublijana, *2001 - Double Life, Generali Foundation Vienna, * Remedy for Melancholy, Edsvik Art, Sollentuna *2002 - Auf der Suche nach Balkanien,

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

neue Gallerie; * In den Schluchten des Balkan, Friedericianum Kassel; *2003 - Prophetic Remix, M.N.A.C. Bucharest; * Prophetic Corners, Iaşi *2004 - Bienala Cetinje, Love It or Leave It; * Revolutions reloaded, Artra Gallery,

; Arteast, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Prolog, National Museum Arad, Romania; Formate, Bukarest, Kunsthalle Vienna; M.N.A.C., Bucharest, Vă place palatul Ceauşescu?; *2005 - Lisbon, Gulbenkian Foundation, Paradoxes, Embodying the City; *2006 – Kontakte, colectia Erstebank, MUMOK Vienna; * Autopoesis, National Gallery Bratislava *2007 – Lund, Kunsthall, Possible in art * Documenta 12, Kassel Dadaeast, (Zürich,

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

, Stockholm, Sibiu,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

), Exit memory, desire, October, Artra, Milano *2008 – Crisis, galeria Angels

*2009 – Subversive Practices, Stuttgarter Kunstverein; * Agents et Provocateurs, Dunaujvaros; Gender Check, Ludwigsmuseum Vienna *2010 – Subversive practices, Trafo, Budapest; * Promesses du Passe,

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

; 4th Biennale Berlin; Bienala Bucurestiului, Bucharest and Stockholm ; Agents and Provocateurs, Hartware Medien Kunstverein,

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

; Romanian Art, Leipzig, Spinnerei Frieze Art Fair London *2011 – Out of Place, Tate Modern Gallery, London; * Desene, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest;

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

, Romanian Pavilion; Ostalgia, New Museum New York;

Awards

*1998 - Award for the church restoration painting *1998 - Award of the magazine " ''Cuvantul''" *1993 - Award Andrei Cadere *1978, 1989 - Award of the art critics, Romania *1972 - Youth Award Romanian Union of Artists

Notes

Bibliography

*Beeren, Wim in ”Wanderlieder” exhibition catalogue, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1991 *Stiles, Kristine ”Uncorrupted Joy” in “Out of Action: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979” exhibition catalogue, MOCA, Los Angeles, 1998 *Pintilie, Ileana ”Actionism in Romania during the Communist Era”, IDEA Publishing House, Cluj, 2002 *Kreuger, Anders “There is no transparence or appearance” and Faria, Nuno “Deja-vu. Some notes on Paradoxes: the embodied city” in ”Paradoxes: the Embodied City”, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2005 *Saxenhuber, Hedwig ”...that they mark everyday life in its depth”, in Springerin, Band XI, Heft 1 Fruejahr, Vienna, 2005 *Cel ce se pedepsește singur. Stefan Bertalan, Florin Mitroi, Ion Grigorescu. Arta și România în anii 80–90, Editura Institutului Cultural Român, 2009 *Experiment în arta românească după 1960”- Adrian Guță, Performance art în România între 1980–1996, p. 79, Centrul Soros pentru artă contemporană, 1997 *Alexandra Titu, Experimentul în arta românească după 1960,Ion Grigorescu,Editura Meridiane 2003 *Ion Grigorescu, Studiul 3, Prolog, Editura Institutului Cultural Român, 2009 *Ion Grigorescu, Catalogul Romanian Cultural Resolution, editat de Editura Hatje Cantz, 2011; *Ion Grigorescu, Catalogue de l'exposition „Les Promesses du Passé, Centre Pompidou, 2010; *Ion Grigorescu, exhibition catalog, Ressources, with Geta Brătescu, M.N.A.C. Bucharest, 2007; *Catalogul proiectului Performing History sub forma unui supliment special al numărului 38 al revistei "IDEA artă+societate", 2011 *Ion Grigorescu, exhibition catalog The poor people are fending for themselves, Angeles Gallery Barcelona, 2009; *Ion Grigorescu: In the Body of the Victim, author Marta Dziewanska, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 2011

External links

*http://www.artnet.com/artists/ion-grigorescu/ *http://performinghistory.ro/ion-grigorescu-statement *http://sfere.ro/nsphere/content/2010/06/overlapping-realities-on-the-artistic-practice-of-ion-grigorescu/ *http://subversive.c3.hu/en/Ion%20Grigorescu.php *http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/interviews/539-hard-pin-down-ion-grigorescu-interview *http://www.angelsbarcelona.com/artistas/crisi-contra-les-aparences/eng/grigorescu/works.htm *http://www.ludlow38.org/index.php?/upcoming/lili-dujourie-and-ion-grigorescu/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20111113121653/http://e-flux.com/shows/view/6333 *http://pomeranz-collection.com/?q=node/76 {{DEFAULTSORT:Grigorescu, Ion 1945 births Living people Artists from Bucharest Romanian painters