States of Mind: Dan and Lia Perjovschi |
The Nasher Museum presents an unprecedented mid-career retrospective of the work of Romanian artists Dan Perjovschi and Lia Perjovschi. Born in 1961 and educated in the Romanian socialism system, Dan & Lia Perjovschi create work that resides at the nexus of art, society and politics; both artists belong to the first avant-garde movement following the 1989 Romania Revolution. This unprecedented exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, videos, installations and conceptual art from 1986 to the present, as well as new commissioned works. The show follows a recent installation of Dan Perjovschi’s drawings in the “Projects” section of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The exhibition is curated by Kristine Stiles, a Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University. The exhibition runs from August 23, 2007, to January 6, 2008 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and will be launched by two events:
August 29th, 6 pm: Opening with the participation of the artists, will include a talk by Romanian-American poet Andrei Codrescu
August 30th, 5:30-7:30 pm: “Perspectives on Romanian Culture” - a panel co-organized by the Nasher Museum and the Romanian Cultural Institute, with the participation of: Dan and Lia Perjovschi; an eminent group of scholars from Duke University; Romanian guests including: Aurel Chiriac, Director of the Oradea Museum; Liviana Dan, curator, Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu; Ileana Pintilie, art critic, curator and initiator of the Z-ona Performance Festival in Timisoara. In addition Andrei Codrescu, MacCurdy Distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University and commentator on National Public Radio; Corina Suteu, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York. The panel will be moderated by Kristine Stiles.
The exhibition is accompanied by a 150+ page catalogue edited by Kristine Stiles that includes a series of comprehensive surveys about the artists, interviews, an "AutoChronology" by the artists, over 150 color and black and white images of artworks and related historical documents, and the most comprehensive bibliography on the artists to date.
The retrospective was appraised in the September-October 2007 issue of Duke Magazine.
[Image: Lia Perjovschi, "Globe Endless Collection", 1990-present. Installation of objects with globe images at the Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria, 2005. Image courtesy of the artist.]
| August 23, 2007-January 6, 2008
NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, NC)
http://www.nasher.duke.edu/
SPECIAL EVENTS:
August 29, 6 pm
Opening
August 30, 5:30-7:30 pm
Perspectives on Romanian Culture - panel
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