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The bilingual Polish-English album accompanying the exhibition \u201cLaughing with one eye, crying with the other\u201d is a comprehensive publication (312 pages) that is a unique guide to contemporary Romanian art. It presents a selection of works from the collection of Ovidiu \u015eandor, one of the most important private collections of contemporary art in Central and Eastern Europe.
The album includes introductory texts and essays by prominent authors such as Adriana Babe\u0163i, \u0141ukasz Galusek Kazimierz Jurczak, Jakub Kornhauser, Diana Marincu, Tom Sandqvist, Vladimir Tism\u0103neanu, which analyze the history and contemporary faces of the Romanian avant-garde and art after the political transformation. The publication sheds light on key artistic phenomena, from Surrealism and Dadaism to the impact of the transition and the development of art institutions in Romania.
The structure of the book is also built up by sectional texts by Monica Rydiger and Lukasz Galusek, which guide the reader through the chapters of the exhibition: \u201cWith Their Own Voice,\u201d \u2018The Starry Collection,\u2019 \u2018The Unbearable Burden of Being,\u2019 \u2018It Was, It Wasn\u2019t,\u2019 \u2018Digesting the Past,\u2019 and \u201dOther Horizons.\u201d An index of artists and sources of illustrations complete this comprehensive publication.
The album is not only a documentation of the exhibition, but also an in-depth reflection on identity, heritage and contemporary art in the context of Central and Eastern Europe.
Artists whose works can be found in the album: Andreea Anghel, George Apostu, Hans Arp, Ioana B\u0103tr\u00e2nu, Marius Bercea, Horia Bernea, \u0218tefan Bertalan, Ion B\u00eerl\u0103deanu, Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i, Brassa\u00ef, Geta Br\u0103tescu, Th\u00e9odore Brauner, Victor Brauner, Andr\u00e9 Cadere, Mircea Cantor, Eva Cerbu, Andrei Chintil\u0103, Lena Constante-Brauner, Roman Coto\u0219man, Chiril Cucu, Horia Damian, Max Ernst, David Farca\u0219, Harun Farocki, Constantin Flondor, Adrian Ghenie, Marin Gherasim, Bogdan G\u00eerbovan, Vasile Gorduz, Ion Grigorescu, Jacques H\u00e9rold, Isidore Isou, Marcel Janco, Wassily Kandinsky, Ana Lupa\u0219, Victor Man, Tincu\u021ba Marin, Max Hermann Maxy, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Joan Mir\u00f3, Alex Mirutziu, Florin Mitroi, Gili Mocanu, Herta M\u00fcller, Ciprian Mure\u0219an, Paul Neagu, Ioana Neme\u0219, Mircea Nicolae, Andrei Pandele, Paul P\u0103un, Jules S. Perahim, Dan Perjovschi, Pusha Petrov, Silvia Radu, Lea Rasovszky, Eugen Ro\u0219ca, \u0218erban Savu, Arthur Segal, Hedda Sterne, subREAL, Mircea Suciu, Yves Tanguy, Ovidiu Toader, Sergiu Toma, Doru Tulcan, Tristan Tzara, Andrei Ujic\u0103, Andra Ursu\u021ba<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/summary>\n

Agata W\u0105sowska-Pawlik \u2013 Foreword
Kazimierz Jurczak \u2013 A Quest for Identity
Jakub Kornhauser \u2013 Surrealism\u2019s Second Homeland: The Mysterious Heritage of the Romanian Avant-Garde
Tom Sandqvist \u2013 Eclectic Dada: Reflections Regarding the Impact of Jewish Culture on Central and Eastern European Modernism
Vladimir Tism\u0103neanu \u2013 Stalinism Unbound: Romania After World War II
\u0141ukasz Galusek \u2013 The Generation of the Transformations: A Glance at the Artists of Cluj
Diana Marincu \u2013 Romanian Contemporary Art: Hypostases and Institutions
Adriana Babe\u021bi \u2013 The Collection: Directions for Use
Exhibition:
<\/strong>1. In a Voice of Their Own
2. Constellation
3. The Unbearable Weight of Being
4. What Was and Was Not
5. Digesting the Past
6. Different Horizons
Index of the Artists
Photographic credits<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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