{"id":11883,"date":"2025-05-20T09:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/?post_type=wystawy&p=11883"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:35:02","slug":"one-eye-laughing-the-other-crying-art-from-romania-in-the-ovidiu-sandor-collection","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wystawy\/one-eye-laughing-the-other-crying-art-from-romania-in-the-ovidiu-sandor-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"One Eye Laughing, the Other Crying. Art From Romania in the Ovidiu \u0218andor Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The International Cultural Centre in Krak\u00f3w\u00a0the Romanian Cultural Institute invite you\u00a0to an extraordinary exhibition showcasing works from the collection of Ovidiu \u015eandor \u2013 one of the most important private art collections in Central Europe. This exhibition is part of the Poland-Romania Cultural Season 2024-2025, offering a broad and multi-dimensional panorama of Romanian art over the last century.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The display, spanning from the avant-garde classics of the early 20th century to contemporary creators, is more than just a review of artistic achievements. It is, above all, a story of human lives revealed through art. Together, they form a collective portrait of Romanians during the turbulent 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The exhibition highlights the country\u2019s history and its artists, both those who had the opportunity to experiment, create, and gain international recognition, and those whose artistic paths were cut short by the oppression of political systems. Some maintained their creative freedom only within the confines of their studios, while others chose emigration, achieving success at the cost of the hardships of life abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The exhibition intertwines themes of the carefree avant-garde, the distinctively Romanian sense of absurdity and grotesque, with subjects of violence and oppression that often became daily experiences. From surrealism as an escape from reality to \u201er\u00e2su-pl\u00e2nsul\u201d \u2013 the characteristic laughter through tears \u2013 the exhibition illustrates how art helped to grapple with the struggles of everyday life and to find meaning even in the most tragic events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The exhibition will also highlight contemporary Romanian artists who, while earning international acclaim, continue to confront the shadow of the 20th century, which, contrary to predictions, did not turn out to be short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To deepen the narrative about Romania\u2019s history and culture, a comprehensive publication will accompany the exhibition. The book, published in a bilingual Polish-English edition, includes essays by renowned intellectuals and scholars such as Adrian Babe\u021bi, Kazimierz Jurczak, Jakub Kornhauser, Diana Marincu, Frances Morris, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Tom Sandquist, and Vladimir Tism\u0103neanu. This publication will provide insights into the exhibited works within a broad historical and cultural context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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dr Monika Rydiger<\/div>\n                                                
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\n                                                    Art historian and critic, curator. She curated or co-curated such exhibitions as Hunting Down Modernism: The Prohibited Arts in the Third Reich (2011), Memory: Registers and Territories (2013), MAKOM. Dani Karavan. The Essence of Place (2015), The Logic of the Local: Norwegian and Polish Contemporary Design (2016). She is a member of the Polish section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics), vice president of the Association of Art Historians, Krak\u00f3w Branch. Author of texts on modern and contemporary art, specialising in sculpture and architecture.                                                 <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        
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